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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 03 Hansard (Thursday, 11 March 2004) . . Page.. 1225 ..

11. Did a brief prepared on 19 December 2002 advise that the Board is a syndicate of the club’s owners, with each party having contributed $50,000 capital and was the Government aware at that time of the status of contributions that were promised by the five members of the syndicate?

12. Why, in response to the request for information in relation to this matter under the Freedom of Information Act 1989 was there no reference to letters from Mr Cal Bruton and Mr E M Senatore?

13. Will you provide copies of the letters identified in paragraph (12); if not, why not?

14. Will you provide a copy of the record of the meeting between Mr Ted Quinlan MLA and Mr E M Senatore that was held on 3 January 2003; if not, why not; if there was no record made of the substance of this meeting, why not?

Mr Quinlan: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. Clause 4.1 specified for payments to be made as follows: (a) $35,000 on signing the Agreement, (b) $35,000 on 22 January 2003, and (c) $30,000 on 1 February 2003.

The following payments were made by EFT: (a) Invoice 0006 for $35,000 on 16 January 2003, (b) Invoice 0007 for $35,000 on 16 January 2003, and (c) Invoice 0008 for $30,000 on 31 January 2003.

2. Documentation provided by Mr Senatore shows payments made on the club’s behalf of $255,754.45 during the period that he was the club’s Administrator (23 December 2002 to 11 February 2003) including $12,264.78 identified as existing liabilities. Whilst the Assistance Agreement commenced on 7 January 2003, the Government is satisfied that its $100,000 funding was used to meet ordinary business expenses and not existing liabilities as required by the Agreement.

3. N/A

4. No. The club was sold to a Newcastle consortium, Sportsvision International Pty Ltd, on 11 February 2003 thus terminating the Agreement.

5. Yes.

6. Yes.

7. No funds were available to be repaid.

8. Yes. Mr Senatore verbally informed Sport and Recreation ACT on 12 February 2003 that the club had been sold to Sportsvision International Pty Ltd. Mr Senatore provided written notification on 21 February 2003.

9. See answer to Question 7.

10. N/A

11. The brief advised that the Board was a syndicate of the club’s owners, with each party having contributed $50,000. The Government was not privy at that time of the status of contributions.

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