Register of Members' Interests

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:22): Supplementary question arising from the answer: minister, when did you become aware of this second oversight of a failure to declare a property you owned?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment) (14:22): As a matter of fact, I became aware yesterday when an ABC journalist contacted me. But it is amusing or bemusing that this record, this anomaly, has been there since 2009 and the hardworking members opposite have not seen it, no other hardworking member of the media or the—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: You didn't put it on the form; how could we miss it?

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Mr Hunter!

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Mr President, it just shows how shallow the members opposite are. If you do read it, you can tell that there is a property where there is some rental income because the honourable Leader of the Opposition mentioned it, but no property listed that actually related to that rental income. The anomaly has been there for a period of years that I owned the property. It was through the same administrative error that it was omitted. I did not own it at the time of being sworn in as a minister, so certainly I haven't breached the Ministerial Code of Conduct.