Keogh Case

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:33): My question is to the Attorney-General. Has the Attorney-General ascertained why the report dated 22 November 2004 of Professor Vernon-Roberts was not disclosed to Henry Keogh's legal representatives for nearly 10 years, and if so, is he now able to inform the house of that explanation?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (14:33): If I am not mistaken, I think we have been down this track many, many times before. In fact, I seem to recall a series of questions about this going back over some months. My recollection of what I said there is to the effect that the decision, such as it was, if it was indeed a conscious decision, was a decision of a former solicitor-general. I am not aware of what was going through the mind of that individual at the time—

Ms Chapman: You haven't had an inquiry.

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is on two warnings.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —and I still don't know what was going through the mind of the then solicitor-general at that time. I think we are presented with certain facts. I'm always careful when the deputy leader asserts a fact, but let's assume for the purposes of my answer that it is a fact. The facts are whatever the facts are. As for what somebody was thinking at that time, I don't know.