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The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:19): A further supplementary arising from the original answer: has the minister any explanation as to why the Treasurer, whom he sits next to in this chamber and who also received this email at 12.15, saw fit not to inform him of its contents?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:19): I suspect for the same reason that I didn't know: he hadn't actually read it between 12.15 and 2.15. I know that the members opposite are not very busy and they have plenty of idle time to look at their emails. We are busy. I am sure that if information had been available in time we would have known about it, but I didn't read the email and that's why I was unable to confirm anything in question time on that day.