TREASURER'S REMARKS

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:31): My question is to the Treasurer. Is the reason the Treasurer went public on his knowledge of the Adelaide Oval cost increase prior to the election and his subsequent misleading of parliament because he was aware that the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee had been established on 26 May and that he believed it was likely that the committee would have the Adelaide Oval project as a term of reference and call both Mr Whicker and Mr McLachlan as witnesses?

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Federal/State Relations, Minister for Defence Industries) (14:32): As I said before, I made an honest error. Despite the howls opposite, I am actually a minister of integrity and I released that document regardless of what may or may not be any inquiry of this parliament.