Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (17:14): Supplementary: if the Attorney isn't able to identify it, and we are yet to identify whether this document that has been produced is the final deed or not, will he inquire as to who came up with the 6,000 jobs figure, which of course first featured in the now Treasurer's press release in December 2013, as to whether that had been prepared by these people you undefined, whether that was Renewal South Australia or ACP or some other persons or person unknown that has actually come up with the 6,000 jobs figure?

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, Minister for Child Protection Reform) (17:15): I thank the honourable member for her question. I will try to ascertain a bit more information about that. I did ask that question myself because I thought, when I saw that number I thought: I bet the member for Bragg asks me about this. I thought: the member for Bragg is going to zero in on this.

An honourable member: Come on.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: No, I did. Honestly, that's true: I did. I thought to myself: I'm going to find out a bit more about this, and I did ask that question and I've given you, to the best of my recollection, the response I got, which is that there are these people who sit out there, they are some sort of, like, gurus who cast their eyes over—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I beg your pardon?

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Yes, I will try to ascertain some more detail about that. As I said, my recollection of this conversation was something to the effect that these people are like, I don't know, quantity surveyors—they aren't, but they are like that, or they are like—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Actuaries.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Actuaries, or somebody else. They look at a piece of land on a map and they ask you, 'How big is it?' You tell them how big it is and then they say, 'What are you going to put on there? How big are the roads going to be? What's the power supply going to be?' and then they do something quite marvellous with an abacus and they come out with a number. That's basically what happens, I think.