House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time HomeStart Finance HomeStart Finance The Hon. I.F. EVANS House of Assembly Davenport HomeStart Finance The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:35): Does the Treasurer accept that, if the cabinet submission re the scoping of HomeStart Finance had gone to cabinet in May or June last year, he would have seen it, being a minister of the cabinet, and will the Treasurer rule out selling HomeStart Finance? The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Minister for Finance Minister for State Development Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister for Small Business HomeStart Finance The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (14:36): First and foremost, I think HomeStart does an excellent job and I do not have plans to sell it or otherwise. I think it does an exceptional job for people on low incomes. It does great work for South Australians trying to buy their first home. It is not something that I have got front of mind. I am not going to detail to the house what the cabinet chose to do or not to do. Ms Redmond House of Assembly Ms Redmond: He didn't ask you to. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Well, I am answering it. One day you may understand what I am talking about. The reality is, like I have said to the member for Davenport, it is not my intention to mislead him or the house. I make that very clear to him. The government has not privatised HomeStart.