Premier's Council For Women

03 Feb 2009 questionsarchive

A supplementary question put forward to the Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy) regarding the Premier's Council for Women.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (15:30): As a supplementary question arising from that long-winded answer, in saying that the Premier's Council for Women was established in 2002, does the minister not acknowledge that there was a previous council under the previous Liberal government?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy) (15:30): The information I gave was absolutely correct. I said that the Premier's Council for Women was established in 2002, which is completely correct. As usual, the opposition has got it completely wrong and is heading off down a rabbit's burrow.