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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 9 Hansard (6 September) . . Page.. 2912 ..
MR STANHOPE: Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Health and Community Care. Yesterday, in answer to a question from Mr Hargreaves, the minister confirmed that Morgan and Banks had undertaken the search to replace the chief executive officer of his department. Can the minister tell the Assembly what was the process by which Morgan and Banks was appointed? What tasks did the brief to Morgan and Banks require the company to undertake? Did the brief require Morgan and Banks to prepare for instance, the selection criteria, the job profile, ad copy or selection panel questions?
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I will take on notice the detailed questions. The choice of Morgan and Banks and the work was done through the head of the Chief Minister's Department, which is the normal process, to the best of my knowledge. I will get information and come back to the member.
MR STANHOPE: I have a supplementary question. Thank you, minister. I will add to that. Minister, could you explain in your answer what role your department played in the search for a new CEO? Did the department, for instance, work on the selection criteria, job profile, ad copy and selection panel questions? Would you be prepared to table the brief to Morgan and Banks and are you confident that the company had sufficient work to do to justify its consultancy fee in relation to this appointment?
MR SPEAKER: They are very detailed questions.
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, I will take those on notice as well.
MR QUINLAN: My question is to the Chief Minister and it relates to business development. Can the Chief Minister shed some light on a situation that was brought to my attention a short time ago? A person who was interested in starting up a new business and wanted some help from government phoned the ACT government switchboard and was given two numbers to call. When this person phoned the first number she got a Telstra recorded message saying the number had been disconnected. The second number she was given was that of the ACT Chamber of Commerce and Industry. I am aware that the government has a close relationship with at least the chief executive of the ACT Chamber of Commerce and Industry, but can she explain why the government is passing out the listed number of the chamber of commerce when it makes such a play of its role in business development in the ACT?
MS CARNELL
: I have no idea why we would give a number that was disconnected. I hope that the person involved wrote it down incorrectly. Alternatively, the person who is on the switch gave it incorrectly, which is a very real problem. One of the reasons why the chamber of commerce number may have been given out is that the chamber of commerce does have, or has had in the past, the role of giving business advice on behalf of the ACT government in a range of different areas. I know that we have just been out
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