Page 8 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 13 February 1990
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Executive Deputies
MR BERRY: I direct my question to the Chief Minister. Mr Kaine, what is your Government's policy on the titles to be used by Executive Deputies. When does an Executive Deputy have the authority to present herself or himself as a Minister in the Government?
MR SPEAKER: I would like to draw your attention, Mr Berry, to the fact that you are asking a question on policy and the Chief Minister is not obliged to answer a matter of policy.
MR KAINE: I did not even hear the first part of the question, but I am quite happy to answer the second part. Mr Speaker, there is no circumstance - no circumstance whatsoever - in which an Executive Deputy will present himself or herself as a Minister. They are not Ministers and they will under no circumstances represent themselves to be so.
MR BERRY: I ask a supplementary question. In that case, Mr Speaker, what action will the Chief Minister take over the breach of his directive by Mr Stefaniak in the foreword of the January 1990 edition of the Regional Racing Journal, which I have here, where he states:
It gives me great pleasure -
and you can tell by the great grin on his face in the accompanying photograph that it does give him a great pleasure -
as the Australian Capital Territory's Minister responsible for racing to preface this review of our magnificent Black Opal Race Meeting -
and it goes on with other matters. And as I said, Mr Stefaniak quite obviously thought he was a Minister there and he was obviously getting a great deal of pleasure from it. I seek to incorporate in Hansard the text of that foreword, Mr Speaker.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at appendix 2
MR KAINE: I am quite happy for the former Minister to incorporate that document in Hansard. The fact is, Mr Speaker, that document, with that wording, was prepared by officers of the Department - - -
Mr Whalan: Hide behind the bureaucrats.
MR KAINE: Do you want to listen to the answer or do you not?
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