EASLING, MR T.

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (15:13): My question is to the Attorney-General. Did any officer of the Attorney-General's Department put pressure on the Victim Support Service to have its employee Audrey Stratton not attend court in support of Tom Easling and/or to have her dismissed if she did attend court in support of Tom Easling?

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:14): This allegation comes entirely out of the blue. I will have it investigated, but what we have seen from the opposition in the past is that, within the parliamentary opposition, there is no discipline upon members who make entirely false allegations.