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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 05 Hansard (Tuesday, 25 May 2004) . . Page.. 2185 ..

• the responses to the questions at that time will be based only on the records and as such any information not in the records will not be available to Totalcare.

The requests place a significant impost on Totalcare’s available resources including access to records, time and cost of answering the thirty-one Questions on Notice (sub-questions included). As you would also know, the Board and management of Totalcare are working extremely hard to return the various business units to the ACT Public Service.

In light of these concerns, I am not prepared to respond to the Questions on Notice while the current Legislative Assembly motion about the Quarry remains unresolved. This recognises the primacy of the Assembly in terms of the requests you have made and that the information contained in the motion broadly encompasses all the different requests that you have made.

Williamsdale Quarry
(Question No 1331)

Mr Smyth asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 4 March 2004:

(1) Further to the reply to a Question without notice of 10 February 2004 and in relation to the operations of the Williamsdale Quarry joint venture, why were the costs of operations of the joint venture so much higher during 2001-02, at $3.8 million (for only part of a year), than for the previous year when the costs of operations were $2.0 million;

(2) In relation to the financial performance of the joint venture during 2001-02, (a) how much income was received by the joint venture as a result of an insurance claim for a damaged overland conveyor and (b) how much compensation was paid by a blasting contractor for damage that had been caused.

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

See the answer to Question No 1330 above.

Williamsdale Quarry
(Question No 1332)

Mr Smyth asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 4 March 2004:

(1) Further to the reply to a Question without notice of 10 February 2004 and in relation to the sale of Williamsdale Quarry joint venture, was he involved in any way in the sale process prior to the briefing he received on 19 March 2002;

(2) If so, what was the extent of his involvement;

(3) What was the extent of his involvement in the sale process after the briefing given to the him on 19 March 2002;

(4) What departments and agencies represented the A.C.T. Government during the negotiations leading to the sale of the business.

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