Member for Frome, Government Agreement

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:40): My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. Can the minister advise if he was offered a stand-alone department for regional development as part of the deal to form a minority Labor government?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (14:40): Thank you to the leader. My agreement with the Premier and the state government to form a minority stable government has been tabled in this house here—

Mr Marshall: Part of it has.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: My agreement with the Premier and the state has been tabled in this house previously by the Premier, and I am very happy doing what I am doing as the Minister for Regional Development and also as the Minister for Local Government. I am doing what everybody should be doing, which is going out there, getting out into the regions, understanding what the issues are and bringing them back into the parliament itself. The issues are there. We need to go forward. We cannot continually refer to what happened yesterday or yesteryear. We have great opportunities here but, to the leader, my agreement has been tabled in this house here—

Mr Marshall: Not just part of it?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: My agreement has been tabled in this house here in full.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary from the leader.