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ATTORNEY-GENERAL-

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

NUMBER 1104

Legislative Assembly Sitting - Legal Advisers-

MR CORNWELL: Asked the Attorney General -

(1) What was the full cost incurred by the government for having all of our legal advisers including the Parliamentary Draftsmen present in the Assembly on Thursday, 25 November 1993.

(2) What were their names and what companies or Departments do

these legal advisers represent.

(3) For what hours were these advisers present in the Assembly

building on that day.

Mr CONNOLLY: I assume Mr Cornwell refers to the legal advisers present during the debate on the amendments to the Appropriation Bill 1993-94. The answer to the member's question is as follows:

When the Opposition moves amendments to a budget Bill with no notice to the Government, it is clearly necessary for the Government to have its senior advisers present. The role of officials is to advise the Government. It is not possible to break down the cost to government for bureaucratic advisers for any particular period.

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