Page 2699 - Week 12 - Thursday, 16 November 1989
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
The following answer to a question was provided:
Internal Investigations Unit
Mr Collaery asked the Chief Minister, upon notice, on 15 November 1989:
Will she advise whether the internal investigations unit of her Government is under her direct control and whether reports are made directly to her? Will she further advise the Assembly whether the internal investigations unit was recently instructed to interview persons suspected of assisting the Residents Rally in the discharge of its Assembly functions? Will she confirm that one such person interviewed was a Mr John Rockley? Will the Chief Minister further advise why Mr David Lawrence of the Chief Minister's Department also sought to interview a Mr John Rockley in relation to a belief that he had supplied information to the Residents Rally?
Ms Follett: The answer to the member's question is as follows: the investigations unit answers to the head of the Chief Minister's division, not directly to the Chief Minister. At no stage has the investigations unit been instructed to interview persons involved in any way with the Residents Rally. On the contrary, the investigations unit's charter specifically precludes it from investigating matters relating to Assembly members.
Mr John Rockey has been interviewed by the investigations unit on a number of occasions on matters unrelated to the Residents Rally. In a number of instances these interviews have been at Mr Rockey's request.
Mr Lawrence advises that the only interview he has ever had with Mr Rockey was in relation to a claim by Mr Rockey that an FOI request he submitted was not handled satisfactorily. Mr Lawrence found no basis for the claim and at the conclusion of the interview Mr Rockey decided not to proceed with his claim. The interview was not concerned in any way with the Residents Rally, or its activities.
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