❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Premier's support for the Minister for Police after a former staff member accused the Minister of lying. The Premier defends his Minister, suggesting differing recollections don't necessarily equate to lying.
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MINISTER FOR POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES - STAFF SUPERANNUATION PAYMENTS
As a supplementary question, does the Premier still stand by the Minister for Police, even though one of his former staff, whose comments the Premier said a moment ago he does not discount, has now said publicly that the minister was lying through his teeth? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
As a supplementary question, does the Premier still stand by the Minister for Police, even though one of his former staff, whose comments the Premier said a moment ago he does not discount, has now said publicly that the minister was lying through his teeth? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I stand by him. I reiterate my comments about Hayley, if that is the caller about whom the member is talking. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : Are you saying that she is telling the truth and he is telling the truth? That does not equate. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I stand by him. I reiterate my comments about Hayley, if that is the caller about whom the member is talking. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : Are you saying that she is telling the truth and he is telling the truth? That does not equate. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
I stand by him. I reiterate my comments about Hayley, if that is the caller about whom the member is talking. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : Are you saying that she is telling the truth and he is telling the truth? That does not equate. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : Are you saying that she is telling the truth and he is telling the truth? That does not equate. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I stand by him. I reiterate my comments about Hayley, if that is the caller about whom the member is talking. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : Are you saying that she is telling the truth and he is telling the truth? That does not equate. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
I stand by him. I reiterate my comments about Hayley, if that is the caller about whom the member is talking. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : Are you saying that she is telling the truth and he is telling the truth? That does not equate. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan : Are you saying that she is telling the truth and he is telling the truth? That does not equate. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I listened to the interview. Hayley said there was some contact between her and the minister. The minister cannot recall that. In my lexicon that does not mean that either or both of them are lying.
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