Treasury and Finance Department

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:23): Supplementary: will the Treasurer concede, if there is such a complaint and the Treasurer doesn't know about it, then by his own reckoning he is negligent?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:23): I have very high standards. I am always prepared to admit if I am in error or if I am fallible. I have never claimed to be infallible. But as I said, my recollection is that my office had a media inquiry on this very same issue some time ago. My recollection of the advice that I received and I conveyed publicly to the media was as I have just recounted.