Member for Mount Gambier

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (14:59): My questions are to the Hon. Andrew McLachlan MLC:

1. Can the member advise when he first learned that the member for Mount Gambier, Troy Bell, was being investigated for offences relating to the running of an independent learning centre in Mount Gambier?

2. Can the member please advise whether he passed that information along to people inside the Liberal Party, who he passed that information to, and when he did it?

3. Can the member please advise when he first learnt that the member for Mount Gambier, Troy Bell, had been reportedly charged with misappropriating more than $2 million of taxpayers' money, 20 counts of theft and six counts of dishonestly dealing with documents and could serve a maximum of 215 years in gaol?

4. Can the member please advise whether he passed that information along to people inside the Liberal Party, who he passed the information to, and when he did it?

5. Can the member please advise whether he still stands by Troy Bell and continues to advocate for him within the Liberal Party?