ForestrySA

Mr TRELOAR (Flinders) (14:48): I have a supplementary question. I ask the Minister for Forests: is it the case that, under the OneFortyOne Plantations' contract, if the contractor provides its own services rather than using ForestrySA, the government does not require ForestrySA staff in the South-East?

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport, Minister for Racing) (14:48): As I said in my earlier answer, I am having a meeting with OneFortyOne; I think that it's this week. It will be my first sit-down to discuss the wider ramification of the contract and what is involved.

I have been in this job for about eight weeks, as Minister for Forests. As I have said, there have been a lot of commitments made over the past four or five years, in the lead-up to the forestry sale. I will sit down with OneFortyOne and other people involved in forestry to get right across all the implications of any contracts. As I said before, in answer to the member for Mount Gambier, I will be doing everything in my power to make sure that the commitments we have made as a government over the past four or five years are adhered to.