Page 1405 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 26 September 1989
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DR KINLOCH: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. I take it, Chief Minister, that that library will remain in operation at all times. I take it that there will be no point at which that library will be closed.
MS FOLLETT: I am not able to answer that question, except that it does seem to me to be only commonsense that, if that site is being redeveloped, short of building an interim library or making some interim arrangement for the library, it is most likely there will be a period when it will not be able to operate, but I am happy to get further information on that matter and provide the Assembly with it.
Fraud Investigation
MR WOOD: Mr Speaker, I direct a question to the Chief Minister, and I want to carry on the work of the Public Accounts Committee which yesterday questioned officers of the Investigations Unit about fraud in the ACT and about which an accurate report appears in today's Canberra Times. Perhaps because committee members had gleaned this information at an earlier closed hearing, we did not yesterday elicit some breakdown of the estimated 75 fraud cases that were investigated. Therefore, will the Chief Minister indicate how many of these cases concern employees of the ACT Government and how many concern citizens of the ACT?
Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker; is it appropriate for the Chief Minister or any other member of this Assembly to reflect on a matter that is before a committee?
MR SPEAKER: I will take advice on that.
MR WOOD: Well, I thought we needed to add to that report.
Mr Kaine: I submit that the report has yet to come from the committee.
MR SPEAKER: I am of the opinion that the question asked is reflecting public comment on an issue that has been broadcast at large. Provided that the Chief Minister does not delve into the workings of the committee as such, she should be prepared to answer the question as posed. I ask the Chief Minister to proceed.
MS FOLLETT: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was most interested to read the report on the front page of the Canberra Times of the activities which had taken place in relation to investigations, and I must admit that I did seek to get some additional information because of the Canberra Times report this morning.
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