ATTORNEY GENERAL'S EVIDENCE — STATE
SOLICITOR ADVICE
403. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the answer to my
question without notice on 10 May 2022, which stated that the costs to the
state of the State Solicitor's possible conflict have not been
quantified.
(1) What was the cause of the
conflict?
(2) When was the Attorney General
first informed of it?
(3) Who informed him?
(4) Did the Attorney General
thereafter seek advice from another solicitor?
(5) If yes to (4), what was the
cost of that advice?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. I provide the following answer based on information provided
to me by the Attorney General.
(1)–(5) The questions refer to matters that are currently
before the court and it would not be appropriate to comment.