HomeStart Finance

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:15): My supplementary to the Treasurer is: other than the work associated with the scoping of HomeStart Finance for sale, what other work was undertaken by Deloittes in the consultancy undertaken for the market projects unit of Treasury in 2012-13, and was it the scoping of the Motor Accident Commission?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Hartley is warned for the first time.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (14:16): We were talking splinters and logs in each others' eyes previously, and I look at the member for Davenport with interest and wonder who he was meeting before the election, which companies he had discussions with about the Motor Accident Commission before the election.

Mr Goldsworthy interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I know they probably don't brief you on everything, Goldy, but perhaps there were some plans for government.

The SPEAKER: The Treasurer will refer to the member for Kavel as such.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I will, sir. He is the only man we fear on that side. I am not going to detail to the house what work may or may not have been done by any consultant for a cabinet process. If there was a consultancy done for a cabinet process and cabinet deliberations, they are the right of the executive to maintain a level of confidentiality, otherwise—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I have maintained that, and I also say to the opposition that if they have an accusation to make, make it. So, again, judge us on what we do, and I say again, I am not going to be making budget announcements before the budget and I am not going to rule things in or out, but HomeStart Finance sits safely in public hands.

The SPEAKER: A supplementary?