Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (17:17): Further supplementary, if I may: in relation to the 6,000 jobs, which is somewhere between, I think, the Treasurer's fantasies and some person who has come up with this, as undefined yet, I look forward to hearing as to who gave this advice, but in relation to those 6,000 jobs, if the Attorney doesn't know will he inquire as to whether that included prospective jobs for filling of the land, that is, with dirt?

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) (17:17): I am very happy to make that inquiry, but can I say to the member for Bragg and other members here: this whole project is, in some respects, reasonably simple. It's a layered proposition. At the moment you've got quite a large expanse of land. It has no services to speak of. It is low lying land. It is subject to potential inundation, flooding, etc. There are environmental issues and various other things associated with the land. Before that land can be rendered commercially valuable it has to be serviced and—remediated is not so much the right word; actually, it's basically filled. So, there are two distinct elements to this sort of proposition. The fill element—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Pardon?

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I will make that inquiry but I suspect it is a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' answer.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: The member for Stuart makes the proposition that fill jobs are temporary jobs. That may be the case but I suspect, given the expanse there and the amount of fill required, they are about as temporary as jobs at Roxby Downs because it's a big piece of land.

Ms CHAPMAN: My question is to the Treasurer.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary?

Ms CHAPMAN: I am happy to make it just another question.

The SPEAKER: Another question? Okay.