Mr CHANEY —-My question is directed to the Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories. Since the Minister's denial of the stories that appeared in the Australian last Saturday, two of the three original conservationist sources for the story about her `crass politics' remark have confirmed their version. Does the tape recording of the meeting still exist in its entirety and will the Minister now abandon the fiction that its contents remain in any sense private, abide by my freedom of information request and release relevant extracts from the tape recording of the meeting?

Mrs KELLY —-As I said yesterday, the meeting was a private one between me and a constituent group and I intend to keep it that way.