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Tuesday, 19 March 2002
Page: 1462


Mr CREAN (Leader of the Opposition) (2:30 PM) —My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister representing the Special Minister of State. Minister, given that you have just admitted that Comcar have examined Senator Heffernan's claims and have found them to have no substance, when was the government first told of this, and who was told?


Mr ABBOTT (Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) —I have not admitted that the Special Minister of State examined the claim that Senator Heffernan has subsequently made to the New South Wales Police—I have not admitted that at all. Information was previously provided to the Special Minister of State—it was looked at, and my understanding is that it revealed no evidence of impropriety in the use of Comcars.