❓ Hon N.D. Griffiths asks the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, if answers are available regarding the financial arrangements of Westrail freight sale and the impact of AlintaGas and Westrail freight privatisations on government debt. The Attorney General states the answers are not yet available.
AnsweredQoN 492Legislative Council
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I refer to my question asked in the House on 9 November 2000, to which the answer was, “I apologise to the member as, notwithstanding his having given notice, I do not have an answer and I request that he put the question on notice.” That question is now question on notice 985 and it asks - On Wednesday, November 8, in relation to the treatment of the remaining debt from the sale of Westrail freight, the Minister for Transport stated that questions of these arrangements should be directed to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer provide those details of the arrangements as to how the debt remaining from the sale of Westrail freight will be serviced and paid off? I also refer to my question on notice 1005, which was asked in the House on 15 November 2000 as a question without notice. In answer to that question, the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, asked me to place the question on notice. That question asks - (1) How has the overall level of general government debt changed since the privatisation of AlintaGas and Westrail freight? (2) What is the contribution of each of these privatisations to changes in the level of general government debt? I ask - (1) Does the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now have answers to those questions? (2) If yes, will he now table them; and, if not, will he table an explanation of why this data is not being provided to the Parliament? Hon PETER FOSS
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(1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
(2) What is the contribution of each of these privatisations to changes in the level of general government debt?
(1) Does the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now have answers to those questions? (2) If yes, will he now table them; and, if not, will he table an explanation of why this data is not being provided to the Parliament? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
(2) If yes, will he now table them; and, if not, will he table an explanation of why this data is not being provided to the Parliament? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
(1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
(2) What is the contribution of each of these privatisations to changes in the level of general government debt?
(1) Does the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now have answers to those questions? (2) If yes, will he now table them; and, if not, will he table an explanation of why this data is not being provided to the Parliament? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
(2) If yes, will he now table them; and, if not, will he table an explanation of why this data is not being provided to the Parliament? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
(1)-(2) As the member correctly points out, these questions are on notice. If I had the answers, I would give them. I do not yet have them. Therefore, I cannot help the member. The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
The PRESIDENT: So that members understand what was asked then, the question asked was whether the Attorney General, representing the Treasurer, now has the answers to those questions; and, if so, will he table them? The question was not in fact the two questions that are on notice. As long as we get that straight, that is fine.
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