Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-09-25 Daily Xml

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Employment Figures

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:16): By way of supplementary question, will the minister indicate why she refused to answer the question as to whether she or one of her ministerial staff directed that the following sentence from her parliamentary briefing note be deleted, that is, '…while economic conditions at the state and national level mean it will not now be achieved in the time frame outlined'?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (15:16): It is a completely nonsense question. These are my briefs. I can collect and distribute any way I like and have input from whoever I like. They are my briefs. I am not accountable to the honourable member for the way those briefs are compiled. I am accountable for the information I provide to this chamber to make sure it is honest and correct. If there is any doubt in the integrity of any of the responses I give, then the honourable member has every right to jump to his feet and accuse me of misleading this parliament, which he cannot do.