Ms O’CONNOR – Can we just find out if there’s any higher cost estimate of the blowout on the berth – the TT-Line berth?
Mr ABETZ – I would look for 93 is still the figure that we are working on.
Ms O’CONNOR – The cost blowout, just for the record, of $400 million on the original projection?
Mr ABETZ – No. Look, with respect, those that were in charge of the project misinformed, albeit unwittingly, that they misinformed themselves and others as to what actually needed to be done, and once we had the right personnel in place to make the right assessments, we were able to get a proper calculation. And so, it’s not in the form of a cost blowout that this was going to be the project, like – you know, there’s this cup and it was said to be a dollar’s worth, and then a few years later it’s going to be 10-dollar’s worth. It was – you know, this cup compared to this water container –
Ms THOMAS – All outlined in the wonderful Public Accounts Committee report that was tabled last week.
CHAIR – Yes, it’s all there. I’m sure you’ve read it, Treasurer.
