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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:11): Supplementary: will any request from the Electoral Commissioner be abided by with directions furnished by the State Coordinator for anything that the Electoral Commissioner requires?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:12): I don't know what that question implies. I am not sure that the Electoral Commissioner is looking for direction from the State Coordinator or not. Until the Electoral Commissioner indicates what it is that he wants—for example, the $1.8 million in additional resourcing that I provided, I don't believe required any direction from the State Coordinator. It was just the way the Electoral Commissioner was going to conduct the election and additional resources that he needed. I don't believe he needed to have a direction from the State Coordinator to do what he wanted.

I can't read the Electoral Commissioner's mind in terms of what he wants to suggest. It would be a lovely skill or attribute to have, but I don't have it. Until he makes the decision in relation to what he chooses to do, if it is a resource issue, then it will come to me, and I have indicated, as I did with his last request, a willingness to provide the resources that he requires. If, for whatever reason, and I can't contemplate it, it requires a direction from the State Coordinator, I would assume he would discuss that directly with the State Coordinator.

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