Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:43): The Attorney would be pleased to hear that I wouldn't ask such a stupid question. My supplementary to the Treasurer is—

The SPEAKER: Excellent!

Members interjecting:

Ms CHAPMAN: Yes, his question. My question now is to the Treasurer, as a supplementary. How were Michael Abbott QC, as counsel, and Adrian Tisato, as solicitor, paid?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform) (14:43): The matters that pass between a client and their legal team are matters between them, and this line of questioning—having failed, apparently, in the primary objective of obtaining something salacious out of the body of the report itself—we now decide that we are going to go tilling the soil around the edge of it to see if we can dig up some little relic that we can hold up to those who gaze down upon us from other parts—

Mr Tarzia interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Hartley is on two warnings already.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —and say to them, 'This is something you can write in your paper tomorrow.' This is completely inappropriate.

The SPEAKER: It would appear to be a breach of legal professional privilege. The deputy leader.