Chief Minister denies French deception

Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has confirmed she met the woman behind the Canberra Hospital data tampering scandal during a 2010 holiday in France.

In April the staffer admitted changing data to make treatment times in the emergency department look better.

She has since resigned.

Ms Gallagher says while on leave she stayed with her her sister in France, who was also on holiday there.

Ms Gallagher says the staffer, a friend of her sister, also visited.

"I have provided all of this information to the Auditor General. I have provided this information to the Solicitor General and I sought advice around how to handle this going forward and from my point of view I've made that information clear," she said.

"The investigation has happened and it's cleared me of any involvement in any direct or indirect way and I think that gets lost in all of this."

But the ACT Opposition has accused the Chief Minister of deceiving the public.

Liberal's Jeremy Hanson says Ms Gallagher has not been up-front.

"Why was she hiding this personal relationship? What else is there that Katy Gallagher hasn't told us about this scandal?" he said.

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