House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)
2008-03-05 Daily Xml

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MAGAREY FARLAM

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen) (14:45): Has the Attorney-General received any applications for financial assistance—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I cannot hear the question of the member for Heysen.

Mrs REDMOND: Thank you, sir; I will start again. Has the Attorney-General received any applications for financial assistance from victims of the Magarey Farlam trust fund fraud; if so, what action does he intend to take? The opposition has been advised that some elderly clients of Magarey Farlam, who lost their life savings because of the fraudulent taking of some $4.5 million from that law firm's trust account, have to date incurred in excess of $100,000 in legal costs seeking to get their money back. We have also been advised that the trial is likely to be some three years away.

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:46): I am not aware personally of that application, but I will check to see whether such an application has been made.