STATE GOVERNMENT CONCESSIONS

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (15:03): Again, my question is to the minister. Has your department provided you any estimate of the overpayment of concessions and, if so, what is the level of overpayment the department have advised you?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (15:03): I thank the honourable member for his question. The answer is no, and that is because until they finish the reconciliation process they cannot give me an exact figure. What I can say is that, given that we have reconciled between 90 and 95 per cent of the concession holders' accounts and given that pattern of reconciliation, the figure is nowhere near the $50 million first mooted, the $120 million secondly mooted, and now the $600 million mooted.