THE NSW Family and Community Services Minister denies she edited the parliamentary record to cover up misleading statements about a shortage of child protection workers.
Pru Goward says Labor is trying to score cheap political points and deliberately misunderstanding Hansard rules.
Documents obtained by the opposition show Ms Goward changed Hansard on August 13, adding the words "by me" to the statement "There has never been a moratorium on caseworker recruitment".
Internal emails also show Ms Goward asked Hansard to delete a statement she made to parliament that "caseworker numbers went down under Labor".
Hansard editors refused the minister's request, the opposition claims.
Labor leader John Robertson said Ms Goward's actions made a mockery of parliamentary procedure.
He also accused her of lying under parliamentary oath when she denied the recruitment freeze.
"Why did you change the official Hansard of this parliament and edit your comments?" he asked Ms Goward in question time on Wednesday.
Labor was pretending not to know how Hansard works, she replied.
"Hansard is the keeper of the record and the final arbiter," Ms Goward added.
"Any minor changes have of course been made with standing orders."
Last month, Ms Goward was accused of misleading parliament over claims that caseworker numbers were rising when she had actually been advised they were falling.
"Pru Goward is clearly willing to do anything to try and cover her tracks," Opposition family and community services minister Linda Burney said on Wednesday.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Goward denies Hansard cover-up
Dengan url
http://suarabisikan.blogspot.com/2013/09/goward-denies-hansard-cover-up.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Goward denies Hansard cover-up
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Goward denies Hansard cover-up
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar