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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (29 August) . . Page.. 2534 ..

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I suggest that Mr Corbell go back and read the FOI Act. The requests for FOI documentation to be released are customarily progressed by the departments concerned, not by the minister concerned. I did not see Mr Corbell's request and I did not see, with one exception, the documents that Mr Corbell either has obtained or not obtained under his FOI request. I suggest he put his request to the department concerned. If he wants me-

Mr Corbell: On a point of order Mr Speaker: the question is quite clear, and I will attempt to clarify it for the Treasurer so he can give an accurate answer to the Assembly.

Mr Hird: Is this a supplementary?

MR HUMPHRIES: Is this another question, Mr Speaker?

Ms Carnell: Mr Speaker, it is either a supplementary or it is not.

Mr Corbell: It is a point of order. I am clarifying the question because clearly the Treasurer has misunderstood it, Mr Speaker. I can ask my supplementary if you like, but I believe the Treasurer has misunderstood the question.

Ms Carnell: There is no such thing as a standing order that does that.

Mr Corbell: Perhaps the Speaker can draw on that, Chief Minister.

MR SPEAKER: Well ask your supplementary then.

MR CORBELL: I will ask my supplementary. The Treasure in providing information to the Estimates Committee provided one document. Subsequently, a freedom of information request that I made indicated that there were actually 10 documents available at the time of the Estimates Committee request which were not provided. I would like to know why.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I have answered the first part of that question.

Mr Corbell: No you haven't.

MR HUMPHRIES: I have. It is not my decision. I do not answer FOI requests. My department answers FOI requests.

Mr Corbell: Look, the documents were available.

MR HUMPHRIES: I know Mr Corbell is not satisfied. I know he would like-

Mr Corbell: The documents were there in your departmental files and you did not provide them. It is that simple.

MR HUMPHRIES: I did not have a decision about providing.

Mr Corbell: You signed the letter to the Estimates Committee.

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