PARKS COMMUNITY CENTRE

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): My question is again to the Premier. Given that the Premier recognised the recommendation of the Sustainable Budget Commission to close the repatriation hospital as (and I quote him) 'really dopey', why did the Premier not also recognise the decision to close the Parks Community Centre as really dopey?

The Hon. K.O. Foley interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the Treasurer! Be quiet. The Premier.

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (14:30): One day, probably many years from now, there will be Liberals in a cabinet who have to make hard decisions. Who knows who that leader will be? It may be Steven Marshall or it may be John Gardner. There is someone I think we would fear. But the fact of the matter is this: when you are in government you have to make choices, and you have to make hard choices. You also have to make choices that you endorse and you have to make choices that you reject, and then you also have to do others around which you negotiate.