Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2008-09-25 Daily Xml

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BUILDING SURVEYOR ACCREDITATION

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Do those other letters exist?

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business) (14:30): Yes, those letters do exist. I will have a look at them. I am happy to table them, of course, minus the particular details because, if matters are being considered before the courts, I will need to remove that information.

The PRESIDENT: Order! If those letters are being requested by the Hon. Mr Ridgway to be tabled, he must move a motion.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Those letters have not been referred to in the council. It is only the letters from which the members are reading or to which they refer in the council which members can request be tabled without a motion.

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: Mr President, I am happy to forward copies of the letters to the honourable member but, of course, I will have to remove specific details that might identify particular individuals in case they are legal matters. However, in relation to the trust of the council—

The Hon. S.G. Wade interjecting:

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: No. Actually, it is good propriety, Mr Wade. If the Hon. Mr Wade hopes to be a minister one day, does he think it acceptable to publish that information? The honourable member might think it is good to publish information that identifies people and jeopardises legal cases; I am not prepared to do that.