9. Hon BRIAN DONNELLY (NZ First) Link to this
to the Minister of State Services
Is she confident that the State Services Commissioner, Dr Mark Prebble, was correct when he stated, in relation to his investigation into the leak of a Cabinet paper to Telecom: “I consider that neither the Telecom employee nor Telecom has any fault in the acquisition of the document.”?
Hon Brian Donnelly Link to this
Does she retain that confidence in the wake of the revelation that Peter Garty was heavily criticised by the Securities Commission over his auditing of BNZ’s accounts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and is she certain that the commissioner took Mr Garty’s history of what the Securities Commission called “creative accounting” into consideration when reaching his conclusions?
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN Link to this
I have no information as to whether the State Services Commissioner took those matters into account, but I doubt they were relevant to the actual matter that Dr Prebble determined about the acquisition of the document.
Hon Brian Donnelly Link to this
I seek leave to table the article from the recent Independent that outlines the Securities Commission’s findings on Mr Garty’s use of creative accounting.