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Mr BROGDEN: My question without notice is to the Premier. Why did the Premier ring a senior Fairfax executive last year and threaten to withdraw State Government advertising from that company following reporting by the Sydney Morning Herald on the amount of Government advertising during his term as Premier?
Mr CARR: The Government is interested, as always, in getting value for its advertising dollar. We spend money on classified advertisements recruiting nurses—more nurses are being recruited by this Government than ever before—and recruiting teachers, because we are implementing our election promise of bringing down class sizes, which means more teachers. As we spend so much on job advertising, we are entitled to insist on value for money.
Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Clarence to order.
Mr CARR: From time to time some bright spark says, "Why don't you put all the advertising on the net. Then you won't have to spend $20 million a year."
Mr Brogden: That is not what happened in the phone call.
Mr CARR: If I were the Leader of the Opposition, I would not draw attention to the last election because he did not cover himself in glory. He failed to win Manly, he went backwards in all of those seats and his vote was lower than Chikarovski's. The Government will continue to seek value for its well-invested advertising dollar. I thank the House for its attention.
Mr Brogden: Point of order: I know the Premier has to go overseas but he needs to answer the question first. Why did you ring and threaten Fairfax to pull the advertisements if they did not go soft on you?
Mr SPEAKER: Order! There is no point of order. The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat.
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