69630 (2024). Arena Williams to the Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing

Written Question

Published date: 07 Nov 2024

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	69630 (2024)
Question asked:	23 Oct 2024
Member asking:	Arena Williams
Portfolio:	Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing
Minister replying:	Hon Andrew Bayly
Answer received:	31 Oct 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_69630_2024
Document guid:	519facba-0cb5-4a5c-b4ae-04467255a2de

69630 (2024). Arena Williams to the Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing: Why did the Minister admit in Parliament on 22 October 2024 that during his 3 October 2024 Ministerial visit to Marlborough he called a worker “a loser” and held up “the shape of an "L" on his forehead”, but he did not include this in his 11 October 2024 letter to the employer concerned?

Hon Andrew Bayly: In my letter I acknowledged that I has misread the situation and that comments I meant in a lighthearted manner had caused offence, for which I unreservedly apologised.