Media Release

Peter Gutwein MP
Shadow Treasurer

Wednesday 14th July 2010

Aird's Contempt for the Parliament

In Legislative Council Question Time today, Treasurer Michael Aird refused point-blank to advise the Parliament whether Aurora had sought additional financial support from the Government prior to the election.

Worse, Mr Aird also refused to even provide an answer.

While Mr Aird claims he will cooperate with the Auditor-General's inquiry, the fact is Parliament has primacy and it is an extraordinary display of arrogance by Mr Aird for him to refuse to answer legitimate questions.

Given Mr Aird's refusal to answer, we are forced to draw the obvious conclusion that Aurora did ask for additional financial support prior to the state election, which blows a massive hole in the Government's claims that they weren't aware of Aurora's financial woes prior to announcing their five percent electricity price cap hoax.