Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)
2008-05-07 Daily Xml

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VOLUNTEER MARINE RESCUE

The Hon. C.V. SCHAEFER (15:19): Given the answer arising from my question, can the minister explain why the minutes of the meeting where this decision was taken were not circulated to SES volunteers? Can she further explain why the person we are referring to was required to get a visitor's permit to get access to the state and regional headquarters while a paid staff member accompanying him was not required to do the same thing?

The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (15:20): I received in the mail (possibly yesterday) a drop copy of the letter I think the honourable member is talking about. I have not had the opportunity to follow it through with the Chief Officer of the SES. However, I will do so and, if we need to apologise to the person in question, clearly that will also happen.