The Hon. John Della Bosca, MLC: Iguanas Waterfront Restaurant Incident

Mr BARRY O'FARRELL: My question is directed to the Premier. Given that in the last week it has been revealed that Iguana staff have stood by their statutory declarations, three sworn statements were withheld, the Iguana apology was written by John Della Bosca, and one staffer now has resigned alleging collusion in preparing her statutory declaration, does the Premier still stand by his support of John Della Bosca?

Mr MORRIS IEMMA: Inquiries having been initiated. The Leader of the Opposition will have to wait for the outcome of those inquiries. All the references to stat decs are the very things the police are investigating. That is a fact. The inquiries having been initiated, the Leader of the Opposition will have to wait. I repeat what I have said many times in relation to the Minister: he has been stood aside. If he is cleared he will go straight back into the Ministry. What the Leader of the Opposition wants is a running commentary on the outcome of police investigations. As I have said, the Minister stands—

Mr Adrian Piccoli: Point of order: My point of order involves relevance under Standing Order 129. The wording of the question was specifically about the actions of the former Minister and whether the Premier still has confidence in the Minister. The Minister was stood aside because he misled the Premier, not because he was being investigated by police.

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier's answer is relevant to the question.

Mr MORRIS IEMMA: The question refers to the very matters the police are investigating. I refer the member to my previous answer and every other statement and press conference where I have been asked that question about the Minister dozens of times. The same question can be asked in many different ways. The answers are on the record. About 10 minutes ago the Leader of the Opposition asked me a question about Mr Della Bosca. I answered it. I refer the Leader of the Opposition to that answer and to all the other statements on the record and all the press conferences and the other questions the Leader of the Opposition asked last week.