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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (29 August) . . Page.. 2533 ..

MR SPEAKER: Order!

MR HUMPHRIES: The AFP have done an excellent job in the last few months and they deserve the unqualified support of every member of this house, including those opposite, in their efforts. In particular, they deserve no criticism at all on the Al-Ghamdi investigation. I think, as Mr Stanhope-

Mr Stanhope: Like the support you gave Bill Stoll.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Stanhope, if you persist in interjecting, I will deal with you.

MR HUMPHRIES: When Mr Stanhope rises to make his inevitable personal explanation at the end of question time, he might use the opportunity to apologise to the AFP, particularly those involved in the Al-Ghamdi investigation.

MR HIRD: Mr Speaker, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, would it be fair to say that, if the ALP, through its leader Mr Stanhope, had passed the budget when it was before the house, the figures that you have stated would have fallen more dramatically?

MR SPEAKER: I am afraid that that is a rhetorical question and I will have to rule it out of order. I call Mr Kaine.

MR KAINE: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will wait until Harold gets his third answer, if you like. My question to the Chief Minister relates to the ACTEW/AGL joint venture that was announced this morning. Chief Minister, I note from the media that Macquarie Bank has been involved in the financing arrangements for this project. I note also that Mr John Walker, formerly the head of your department, and Mr Mick Lilley, until recently head of the Department of Treasury and Infrastructure, both of whom would have had extensive internal knowledge of the government's business, both now are employees of Macquarie Bank. Chief Minister, can you assure the Assembly that neither of these gentlemen, with their inside knowledge of the government's business, were involved in the financing arrangements which are an important part of the deal between AGL and ACTEW?

MS CARNELL: Yes, I can.

MR CORBELL: My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, in your response of 23 June this year to a request from the Select Committee on Estimates for all papers relating to the government's ovals redevelopment scheme, you provided one document with an attachment. Subsequently, Treasurer, an FOI request generated by me revealed a folio list containing 10 documents that should have been made available to the Estimates Committee. Will you explain to the Assembly why you withheld this information from the estimates when it was requested?

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