Page 208 - Week 01 - Thursday, 15 February 1990
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, that is quite scurrilous. It is quite untrue.
Casino Licence
MR WHALAN: This is a question to Trevor Kaine. I ask the Chief Minister has he, or any Minister in his Government, or any person authorised by him, had any discussions or communication with any individual or corporation with an interest in the casino tendering process, concerning the casino licence, since 5 December 1989?
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, speaking for myself, the answer is positively no. I have no knowledge of any other member of the Government having done so either.
MR WHALAN: I have a supplementary question. Can Mr Kaine assure the Assembly that the procedures relating to the selection process for the casino licensee have been scrupulously observed?
MR KAINE: To the best of my knowledge, yes. I have in no way intruded into them, and I can only assume that they are proceeding in the normal way.
Canberra Development Board
MS FOLLETT: My question is addressed to Mr Kaine again. Mr Kaine, is the decision by the Canberra Development Board to spend $25,000 on hiring Access Economics to develop an economic strategy indicative of your Government's mistrust of the ACT public service?
MR KAINE: No, Mr Speaker, it is indicative of the fact that the former Government established an independent board and it is acting independently.
MS FOLLETT: I have a supplementary question. I would ask Mr Kaine, is he confident that the Access Economics report, for which we are spending $25,000 in public funds, will be any better than the totally discredited report that they produced in December 1988 for CARD?
MR KAINE: I have got no idea, Mr Speaker. I will wait until I see the report and then I will comment on it.
Dog Control
MRS NOLAN: My question is to Mr Duby, in his capacity as Minister for Urban Services. Mr Duby, last year a petition was put forward by over 1,200 concerned residents
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .