Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2010-07-20 Daily Xml

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WORKCOVER CORPORATION

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:26): I have a supplementary question arising out of the answer.

The PRESIDENT: Which answer?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: That answer. Can the minister indicate why he believes that discussion he had with the chief executive officer was not a formal briefing in relation to the unfunded liability?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister Assisting the Premier in Public Sector Management) (15:27): I would have thought it was pretty obvious. If you get a detailed report, particularly a written report, setting out what the actual figure might be, then that would be a formal briefing. If you just have a discussion about what may impact upon the actual figure, that is another matter. In any case I would expect that the board of WorkCover will be formally notified before I would get that briefing. I have discussions with the chief executive of WorkCover, as I do with other agencies, and we discussed a whole range of matters. I do not know the actual figure; I have not yet been provided with that.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!