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The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (14:23): Supplementary: does the Attorney admit his error, as outlined by the Hon. Nicola Centofanti, and will he apologise for it?

The PRESIDENT: I am not sure that the Attorney—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Excuse me, just hang on. I am not sure that the Attorney actually referred to that at all in his answer, but then I couldn't really be sure as to exactly what was said because of the shouting and screaming.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:23): When something is tabled and there has been an error by someone in the public sector that they have notified I am happy to come in and make sure that's corrected. That is very different to a member of parliament making something up—having an author say, 'I have never authored a paper that someone's referred to.'

They are stark, stark differences, and I thank the Hon. Dennis Hood for allowing me the opportunity to reiterate that. I am not sure what he has got against the Hon. Frank Pangallo that he wants me to stand up and say it again, but there are stark differences. When a member of parliament may have just made it up they should man up and say so.