Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:19): I am happy to, sir. My supplementary to the Attorney-General is: when will this correspondence be sent to the Prime Minister?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:20): I think the normal formality, if I am not mistaken, is that it would be gazetted and that there would be some formal notification of the Prime Minister, emanating either from the Premier's office or Government House or somewhere. The fact is important matters—request was made, election, caretaker, etc., etc.; request considered once the matter had been settled, request approved. The Minister for Health today was a witness (I am reliably informed by him) to the actual Executive Council resolution that the royal commission support would be forthcoming from South Australia, and it is now a matter of however long the nuts and bolts take for that to occur.