Question Time

Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:03): My question is to the Deputy Premier. Does the minister stand by his statement yesterday in relation to whether the Gillman land deal with ACP requires part of the subject land to be developed into a resources hub, and he stated:

We don't control that industry and that would be a matter for private players to negotiate out.

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) (14:04): I said yesterday, and I say again, that there has been never any secret that the government has aspirations that the opportunity for development of a mining hub will occur in that site. There is no question about that. That has been very much front and centre of everything that has been said about this project. I was simply making the point yesterday that ultimately whether that comes to pass is not something over which the government has control.