INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:58): My question is to the Attorney-General. Can the Attorney-General explain how he can possibly deliver an effective independent commission against corruption when the government has committed only 10 per cent of the amount that it previously claimed, on numerous occasions, an ICAC would cost?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Urban Development, Planning and the City of Adelaide, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Food Marketing) (14:58): I thank the honourable member for the question. The story about this is a very simple one, and I will explain it again because it obviously has not been settling in very well. The story is this: we announced last year that we were going to examine the question of public integrity in South Australia. We did an internal review, asked various agencies what they thought might be useful, and we prepared a discussion paper. The discussion paper was put out in November. The discussion paper was—

Mrs Redmond interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Leader of the Opposition, listen to the answer.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: The discussion paper was put out in November of last year. The discussion paper proposed a model. The model in the discussion paper was subject to a rough guesstimate at a costing at that time, and that is, for the time being, where the forward estimates place the cost.

Mrs Redmond interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I have not said anything of the sort, and—

Mrs Redmond interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —and—

Mrs Redmond interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition can debate in a grievance if she wants to afterwards but not across the floor now.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: As I was saying, what we are doing now is going through all of the responses we have received to that discussion paper. We are looking at those responses, examining them against the model and considering any recommendations made—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Have you finished, Attorney?

The Hon. J.R. RAU: They are not interested.

Mrs Redmond interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I warn the Leader of the Opposition.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for MacKillop and the Minister for Transport, be quiet. The member for Kavel.