Page 5381 - Week 17 - Tuesday, 3 December 1991
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considerable effort on the part of the board and at the end of the year we will be able to give you a very accurate figure. The process of negotiations is very important. The target savings are the important issue, Mr Humphries, as you would know.
Construction Employees Redundancy Trust
MR COLLAERY: My question is to the Minister who wants to own up for the long service leave board. It could be the Chief Minister or Mr Berry. I will ask the question first, Mr Speaker, because it is quite complex. Mr Berry, of course, likes complex questions. I ask, firstly, whether funds paid into the Construction Employees Redundancy Trust by Canberra workers on building sites have gone interstate to an interstate fund, and if so - Mr Berry shakes his shoulders - whether they form any part of the $1.5m donation referred to in the current royal commission in New South Wales into the building industry. The $1.5m paid, which "broke all the rules" when the money was paid - - -
Mr Berry: Quoted from whom?
MR COLLAERY: I will quote from the Financial Review of 2 December 1991. It is known, Mr Berry, for being more accurate than you, I would say.
Ms Follett: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I think that should be withdrawn.
MR SPEAKER: I do not believe that that is a valid point of order.
MR COLLAERY: They are sensitive. The paper reports that the Australian Federation of Construction Contractors, on 27 October this year, asked the trustees of CERT for $500,000. The paper reported proceedings before the royal commission and said that the money was paid up within three days, with little idea of how the money would be spent. I ask Mr Berry whether he is aware of what happened to those workers' moneys, and can he comment on that incident revealed in Sydney?
MR BERRY: I cannot comment on it because I have not read the article. I will have the matter examined.
Board of Health Business Rules
MR STEFANIAK: My question is to the Minister for Health. Will the Minister explain the new so-called business rules that apply to the Board of Health? Will he also explain what increased expenditure, such as wage increases, the board will not be held accountable for?
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