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Ms MacTIERNAN: [...] In a number of the cases I brought to this Parliament, the government agencies - that is, the Real Estate and Business Agents Supervisory Board, the Settlement Agents Supervisory Board, the ministry - point blank refused to provide any assistance whatsoever to the elderly people who had been defrauded of every penny they had. Lawyers - even some from the most conservative legal firms in this State - were so horrified by the travesty that had been perpetrated by the failure of the Minister's department and agencies to deal with it, that they acted on a pro bono basis for these clients.
Mr Shave: What do you mean by that?
Ms MacTIERNAN: I will translate it: It means free of charge.
Mr Riebeling: The lead singer with U2!
Subject: Real Estate and Business Agents Amendment Bill [Legislative Council - Second Reading]
Date: 8 April 1998
Hansard reference: p. 1709 [online (pdf)]
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