Page 483 - Week 02 - Thursday, 3 March 1994
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ACTTAB - Contract with VITAB Ltd
MR CORNWELL: Madam Speaker, my question is to the Deputy Chief Minister in his capacity as Minister for Sport. The Leader of the Opposition indicated that a company search showed that one of the directors of VITAB is Oak Ltd - o-a-k, as in tree or log. Mr Minister, who are the owners and directors of Oak Ltd?
MR BERRY: I do not know who the - - -
Mr De Domenico: You do not know anything. You knew everything about it yesterday.
Mrs Carnell: Yesterday you said that you knew everything.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR BERRY: I am only concerned about the owners and directors at the time of signing. This is another of your little stunts.
Mr De Domenico: That is an extract from the company in Vanuatu.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order, Mr De Domenico!
MR BERRY: Just listen, will you? You have a big mouth and you cannot keep it shut. The document that you have tabled today and have made certain claims about was dated 4 August 1993. On 7 December I advised the Assembly, and I have just been sent another note from my staff, that the directors of VITAB were Kolomanski, McMahon and Dowd at the time of signing.
MR CORNWELL: I ask a supplementary question, Madam Speaker. Can the Minister confirm that one of the directors of Oak Ltd, which, as Mrs Carnell indicated - - -
Mr Berry: No, I cannot, because I do not know who the directors of Oak Ltd are. If you want to do a company search - - -
MR CORNWELL: Just a moment. I have not finished the question.
Mr Berry: I will finish the answer. If you want to go and do a company search on Oak Ltd, go and do it.
MADAM SPEAKER: Patience, Mr Berry. Mr Cornwell, please finish your question.
MR CORNWELL: Thank you, Madam Speaker, for your protection. I really need it from this quite savage attack. Can the Minister confirm that one of the directors of Oak Ltd is the Pacific Island Trust Co., a firm which specialises in setting up tax havens?
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