Marine Parks

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (16:28): Supplementary if I may, Mr Speaker, to the minister. Given his comment about facts and figures, has the minister received a briefing on the economic impact to regional areas of the 19 marine parks and, if not, has he sought a briefing?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (16:29): Thank you to the member for Goyder. I have not asked for a briefing on the 19 marine parks but there is some work being done by the mayors on the West Coast and also for the Upper Spencer Gulf regarding marine parks there. I am waiting for that information to come back to me and I am not going to divulge anything. I am going to the electorate of Finniss in the next week and we will have a look at the areas there.

It is not in my portfolio, but when I have been out into the regions and spoken to the local members out there we have had that dialogue. It is not in my portfolio, and certainly I am prepared to look at it, but I am not going to do anything unless I have some facts and figures on the whole thing. Regional Development Australia in the Mid North is working on some issues in other areas for the member for Stuart—on the forests—and for us up there, so I understand that. Certainly, I have not asked for the whole 19, but there is some stuff on marine parks coming back, from about five. If there are any more to come in, I am happy to look at those.