INNER CITY REVITALISATION

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:36): Further supplementary.

The SPEAKER: Before the supplementary, I warn the leader for the second time for having a disturbingly loud message noise on her phone.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Yours, yes.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Deputy leader.

Ms CHAPMAN: My further supplementary is to the Minister for Planning. Given his indication that there is further consideration being given to the particular areas of Anzac Highway and Henley Beach Road, will he be announcing those before the election?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:37): As usual, the member for Bragg takes my answer, recasts it into her own form and then asks me about it. Can I make it very clear: I am saying all of the areas, and this includes, for example, Henley Beach Road and Anzac Highway, it possibly will mean some areas, the top of Port Road, for example, who knows? There are a whole bunch of areas which, logically and in terms of the well established principles that are sitting in that 30-year plan document, will be the subject of further study. When the councils are ready, when everybody is ready, the usual process will be engaged.

So, we have a statement of intent, we have an initial draft development plan amendment, we have a consultation phase where the communities engage with the development plan amendment process, and at the end of that development plan amendment process it goes to DAC, they make recommendations, the recommendations come to the minister and the minister makes a determination. That is the process that will occur. It is a matter, largely, in the hands of the local government authorities responsible for those areas how quickly or slowly they wish to move those along. At the moment, I am satisfied that they have been cooperative, with, again, one notable exception, and they are moving at their own pace and that's fine, as far as I'm concerned. But if you are asking: will Henley Beach Road be looked at at some stage? Absolutely. Will Anzac Highway? Yes.

Ms Chapman: Before or after the election is my question.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: That is largely in the hands of the councils. If they want to move these things forward I'm not going to stop them. If West Torrens council comes to us and says, 'Look, we'd like you to get this process underway,' I'm not going to be stopping them.

The SPEAKER: Deputy Premier, I've now become morbidly curious: what is the exception?

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I am glad you asked that question, Mr Speaker. The local government authority that represents the good burghers of Burnside has displayed a different attitude to engagement with the government.