Page 1485 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 10 April 2013

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The changes were made on 28 September 2005, pre-dating the current shareholders, and they were tabled in the Assembly by Mr Ted Quinlan on 14 February 2006. There was no record of any comment from the opposition in relation to those changes. Do not go out—

Mr Smyth: Because they were simply tabled.

MS GALLAGHER: Right. Asleep at the wheel; sorry, missed it, but all these years later when the opportunity arises you go out and allege that the proper process was not followed. Do your homework before you go out and make allegations that are simply not true.

Again, today we have had concerns raised about the structural integrity of the dam. If the opposition have got something to say about the structural integrity of the dam and concerns about it, well, say it.

Mr Hanson: We are asking you questions.

MS GALLAGHER: No; well, say it. You are raising questions without actually having a position. It is the same thing here with this motion. You have a position, but—

Opposition members interjecting—

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Members!

MS GALLAGHER: What is your position?

Mr Hanson interjecting—

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson!

MS GALLAGHER: You do not have a position on any of this.

Mr Hanson interjecting—

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson!

MS GALLAGHER: You are seeking headlines. That is about it. You are not serious about getting to the issues that we are and that we have been seeking to uncover, including putting information in the public arena about the status of those.

Mr Hanson interjecting—

MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, I will warn you next time.

MS GALLAGHER: The Treasurer has already articulated, through his amendment, all the work that is currently underway and the fact that the referral to the Auditor-


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