❓ A parliamentary question probes the Minister's potential connection to Brian Burke through Darryl Wookey regarding FOI requests. The Minister vehemently denies any improper relationship and refers the matter to the CCC.
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DARRYL WOOKEY - LETTER FROM BRIAN BURKE
Yesterday the Minister said that she presumed that a letter she received from Brian Burke in regard to the release of e-mails through freedom of information was written by a lawyer. Given the evidence to the Corruption and Crime Commission that Mr Burke sent the minister an opinion on this matter from the Information Commissioner, Ms Darryl Wookey, who also just happens to be a lawyer and was Burke’s preferred candidate for the seat of Ballajura, I ask - (1) Did Darryl Wookey write or edit the letter the minister received from Brian Burke in regard to the release of emails through FOI? (2) Did the minister receive any opinion or advice from Darryl Wookey on this matter? (3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
Yesterday the Minister said that she presumed that a letter she received from Brian Burke in regard to the release of e-mails through freedom of information was written by a lawyer. Given the evidence to the Corruption and Crime Commission that Mr Burke sent the minister an opinion on this matter from the Information Commissioner, Ms Darryl Wookey, who also just happens to be a lawyer and was Burke’s preferred candidate for the seat of Ballajura, I ask - (1) Did Darryl Wookey write or edit the letter the minister received from Brian Burke in regard to the release of emails through FOI? (2) Did the minister receive any opinion or advice from Darryl Wookey on this matter? (3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(1) Did Darryl Wookey write or edit the letter the minister received from Brian Burke in regard to the release of emails through FOI? (2) Did the minister receive any opinion or advice from Darryl Wookey on this matter? (3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(2) Did the minister receive any opinion or advice from Darryl Wookey on this matter? (3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(1) Did Darryl Wookey write or edit the letter the minister received from Brian Burke in regard to the release of emails through FOI? (2) Did the minister receive any opinion or advice from Darryl Wookey on this matter? (3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(2) Did the minister receive any opinion or advice from Darryl Wookey on this matter? (3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(3) What were the objections contained in the letter from Burke, where, according to the minister, he objected “in great detail” to the disclosure by FOI of documents referring to contact between the minister’s office and him? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am wondering whether we are living in parallel universes. All of the evidence to the CCC to date, if the member looks at every term of reference in which I have been involved, is that Brian Burke could not get any information from me. Brian Burke was having problems. Brian Burke was describing our office as a difficult one. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to my office. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is unbelievable. Read the goddamn transcripts! Why does the member think - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
The SPEAKER : Order! I cannot hear the minister. I call the members for Vasse and Capel to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Why do members opposite think I have not been called down to the CCC? The CCC has been all over the files and it is quite evident that at every stage in relation to every one of these matters, including Port Coogee, I have acted with absolute probity. In relation to every issue that we have had to clean up, created by the opposition - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition and the member for Cottesloe to order. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : Knowing the stupidity of the opposition in pursuing this line, I have today sent all the documents relating to the FOI, and all the documents that were considered, down to the CCC with a full explanation of the circumstances. How would I know what involvement Ms Wookey may or may not have had with the preparation of a document by Brian Burke? I was not a friend of Brian Burke. Brian Burke was not someone who had access to me, so I do not know who prepared his letters. I would be very interested to know who prepared some of the opposition’s questions. All of those documents have been forwarded to the CCC early today so that it can contemplate them and, if it believes there is any impropriety, it has the full powers of the state to investigate, as we all know.
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