Wednesday, 22 February 2023

 John PESUTTO (Hawthorn – Leader of the Opposition) (14:29): My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Given revelations over the past 24 hours, Victorians now have cause to be concerned about multiple conflicts of interest related to various private shareholdings owned by the Assistant Treasurer. Will the Assistant Treasurer publicly release his ministerial diary, including a full list of meetings he has attended and briefings he has received about matters concerning companies in which he has a shareholding?

 Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Government Services, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC, Minister for Consumer Affairs) (14:30): Again, I have disclosed all my interests, and I have behaved appropriately at all times.

 John PESUTTO (Hawthorn – Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Noting the Assistant Treasurer’s answer just then, if the Assistant Treasurer has nothing to hide, why won’t he release this information?

 Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Government Services, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC, Minister for Consumer Affairs) (14:30): I reject the assumptions in the member’s question.