Page 302 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 1 March 1994
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MR BERRY: Mr Colquhoun has never been a member of the decorporatised ACTTAB.
Mr Kaine: That is right. When did you tell the board? You did not tell them while he was there.
MR BERRY: My advice on this matter in fact came from ACTTAB. As to whether or not Mr Colquhoun was involved, I can lay it quite clearly before you. Mr Colquhoun was not part of the board which was advising me on the question, and I do not know what he would have to do with it. What would he have to do with it?
Mr De Domenico: He was president of the racing club and chairman of ACTTAB before that.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
Ms Follett: At the same time.
MR BERRY: At the same time.
Mr Kaine: Can you tell me on what date the board was advised?
MR BERRY: I do not have the date with me, but I can tell you - - -
Mr Kaine: Will you find out?
MR BERRY: Yes, I can find out.
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Kaine, is that a supplementary question?
Mr Kaine: No, it is not a supplementary question. It is my first question, which he has not answered.
MADAM SPEAKER: Please cease interjecting.
MR BERRY: I will find out the date, the relevant dates, if that is what you want; but it is a matter for ACTTAB. There are a few people out there stinging because ACTTAB is doing so well. Well, sting they might.
Ms Follett: They are jealous.
MR BERRY: There is some jealousy about the performance of ACTTAB, particularly since it has been taken back into the control of the Government, decorporatised, because we have now said to the people of the ACT that this is an ACT asset and it is not for sale. It has been for sale; some people have been talking about trying to sell it but it is not for sale. We will make that clear. There are a few people stinging about that, too, because they had some fancy ideas. They can forget all of those as well. As far as I am concerned, the chairman of the board signed the contract with VITAB after the required checks were made - - -
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