Madeleine Ogilvie has told an Upper House inquiry she couldn't say whether she'd attended any race meets at northern Tasmanian racetracks, or met with racing clubs in her time as minister, but would 'take that on notice and provide dates'.
Ms Ogilvie appeared at the inquiry alongside senior public servants Jason Jacobi — who is acting secretary of the department that incorporates the Office of Racing Integrity — the department's deputy secretary Deirdre Wilson, and the general manager of the Office of Racing Integrity, Russell Hunter.
"Do you think it's appropriate that the director of racing saw the content of that letter that had specific allegations about his own conduct?" Mr Willie asked. Racing Minister Madeleine Ogilvie and senior public servants were quizzed about ORI's complaints handling process. "We need to tread carefully here, I have heard that whistleblower phrase being used, but what we are dealing here is a series of complaints that were integrated into one letter" Ms Ogilvie said."My personal view was that this matter was dealt with appropriately." she said.
Acting director of racing, Russell Hunter, who appeared on behalf of Justin Helmich, also confirmed ABC reports that concerns had been raised about the outcome of a race on Burnie Cup Day this year but were not sufficiently acted upon.Mr Winter said "it beggared belief … that it took a bunch of journalists to uncover what was pretty clearly on the tip of every industry participant's tongue about suspicions of race fixing.
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