Question Time

Site Contamination, Clovelly Park and Mitchell Park

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:10): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier confirm that the State Emergency Management Committee met on Thursday last week, at one day's notice, to discuss issues of escalated air contamination at Clovelly Park?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:10): No, we are not going into cabinet processes, except to say that the matters about the way in which the matter has been dealt with have been adequately and, I believe, fully explained in the ministerial statement that has just been made.

Mr MARSHALL: Supplementary, sir.

The SPEAKER: Before the leader goes to a supplementary, I know that the opposition queried the degree to which the government could refuse to answer questions based on cabinet confidentiality. I have had a look at House of Representatives Practice and, indeed, I should actually be ruling those questions out of order; they shouldn't even get to the government. So, I would appreciate it if the opposition could frame its questions on this without reference to cabinet deliberations. The leader.