House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Keogh Case

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:57): Supplementary: can the Attorney-General provide the house with the dates when she made those remarks to the house?

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General) (14:57): I am happy to go back and trawl through the Hansard to identify that, but I have made it very clear all the way through. This is why the member for West Torrens' rather obtuse contribution in relation to this matter always gets it so wrong, because he kept—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens can leave for half an hour. It's a great movie, but it is completely inappropriate. Please leave quietly.

The honourable member for West Torrens having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: —maintaining this idea that if the new government only had the material that was available to them that had been available to the former government, that in some way there would be an error in the determination to make a decision to settle the Keogh claim. As we repeatedly advised the public and the opposition, further correspondence and further opinion had been received. This was repeatedly asked for by the opposition. We confirmed that wasn't available. I am very pleased that the Auditor-General has confirmed the second date in his report of the second lot of opinion that was received. It confirms what we have always said. I appreciate his review of the matter and his assessment. All members of parliament will note that the Auditor-General reports without blemish.