NO.010

McMULLAN – MORE MISREPRESENTATIONS

Shadow Treasurer Bob McMullan is again misleading the public by saying it

is the Treasurer who has responsibility for administering performance bonuses.

Section 24 of the Public Service Act provides the Agency Head with the power

to determine the remuneration of APS employees in the agency. In fact the same

Act contains specific provisions to say that Agency Heads are not subject to

direction by any Minister in this matter.

You can imagine the outcry from Labor if a Minister breached the Act to determine

who was, and who was not eligible for a performance bonus.

Mr McMullan, again, serially misrepresents profit and loss on currency swaps,

(a policy which he endorsed and defended as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer).

Those interested in the facts would be aware of the evidence given by Treasury

officers yesterday on the subject.

Mr McMullan is too timid to ask questions in Parliament. He prefers the misrepresentations

to the facts.

14 March 2002

CANBERRA