Page 1063 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 30 March 2011
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8 March when you said, “I will never, ever, ever tell a lie.” In a supplementary question you were asked:
Minister, would you table for the Assembly any document relating to the purchase of Calvary hospital which was released to the electorate prior to the election of 2008 despite the fact that you had a draft heads of agreement that you were trying to have signed with Calvary hospital?
You answered:
Talk about rewriting history! I was not attempting to have rushed through a heads of agreement. LCM—
Little Company of Mary—
at the time requested that a heads of agreement be signed so that discussions could continue through caretaker … You can scrabble around and try and trip me up on this, Mr Hanson—but you won’t find anything.
Minister, do you stand by your answer to the Assembly?
MS GALLAGHER: Yes, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Hanson?
MR HANSON: Minister, on 20 August 2008 you wrote to the chair of Little Company of Mary about your proposal to purchase Calvary hospital. In that letter you said—
MR SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, there is no preamble on a supplementary question.
MR HANSON: You said:
… I propose that LCMHC and the … Government enter into a Heads of Agreement … my preference is that the Heads of Agreement be signed by that date.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Hanson!
MR HANSON: Minister, the question is: how do you reconcile your answer that the Little Company of Mary was seeking a heads of agreement be signed before the last election with your letter that clearly shows that it was you who was seeking a heads of agreement be signed before the caretaker period?
MS GALLAGHER: Because there were ongoing and frequent discussions with Little Company of Mary Health Care where this was discussed at length. Indeed, the letter signed in August was after detailed discussions with Little Company of Mary.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Smyth?
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