❓ Question probes alleged political interference in Aboriginal heritage assessment related to FMG's railway construction. Minister denies awareness and access to relevant cost information.
AnsweredQoN 4962Legislative Council
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(1) Is the Minister aware of Mr Grill's assertion in evidence heard by the CCC that Mr Carpenter had already directed former Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Sheila McHale, to overrule the expected unfavourable decision of her own Aboriginal Advisory Committee (the ACMC) on the Abydos Woodstock site, a month before the ACMC had received heritage documentation for the site about which they were to deliberate?
(2) Can the Minister confirm whether or not this assertion is correct?
(3) Can the Minister produce relative cost estimates detailing how much it would have cost for FMG to build its railway line around the Abydos Woodstock site in question, rather than through the middle of it?
(2) Can the Minister confirm whether or not this assertion is correct?
(3) Can the Minister produce relative cost estimates detailing how much it would have cost for FMG to build its railway line around the Abydos Woodstock site in question, rather than through the middle of it?
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Answered
14 August 2007
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for State Development
Response time
49 days
(1) No not until the member brought it to my attention.
(2) No.
(3) No. The Minister does not have access to FMG financial information.
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(2) No.
(3) No. The Minister does not have access to FMG financial information.
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