Mrs MILLER - 2005-10-19
Yesterday, and in your reply to the last question, you told this House about your successful trip to Indonesia representing Territory cattle interests. As you are aware, ministerial visits are taken very seriously in Indonesia, and great care is taken to make visiting dignitaries welcome. To not return that respect would cause the Northern Territory enormous embarrassment. Is it true that during that trip you were to visit an industry facility in Java? Is it also true that at the last minute you cancelled that visit; preferring instead to lounge about your hotel with a mate from Darwin?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for her question. Unfortunately, the person providing the information did not give the right information as that visit to the abattoir was not organised; it was not in our program. It was a last minute arrangement by some members of the industry. No, I did not lounge in the hotel. I was taking part in Mining Indonesia, together with people from the Northern Territory. You might as well ask people who were there, such as the representatives of Bridge Autos as well as a representative of the department, to find out why I spent four hours at Mining Indonesia meeting mining industry executives who were interested in the Northern Territory and Darwin as a supply base. I did not go to the abattoir, it was not in our program. It was arranged at the last moment, and it was not arranged very well.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for her question. Unfortunately, the person providing the information did not give the right information as that visit to the abattoir was not organised; it was not in our program. It was a last minute arrangement by some members of the industry. No, I did not lounge in the hotel. I was taking part in Mining Indonesia, together with people from the Northern Territory. You might as well ask people who were there, such as the representatives of Bridge Autos as well as a representative of the department, to find out why I spent four hours at Mining Indonesia meeting mining industry executives who were interested in the Northern Territory and Darwin as a supply base. I did not go to the abattoir, it was not in our program. It was arranged at the last moment, and it was not arranged very well.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016