Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): I am still awake, sir. My supplementary to the Attorney-General is: given the importance of the separation of these responsibilities and your indication that it would be inappropriate for there to be communications between the ministers, can you assure the house that you haven't had any discussions with the Minister for Police about the role which you have transferred responsibility on?

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) (14:48): Unfortunately, the entree into that question added a few little elements which were not part and parcel of what I had had to say. All I had had to say, and I say it again, was that, viewed from a hypercritical perspective, if I were to be the person doing both the management of Renewal at the present time (although not at the time of the initial arrangements, and making the decision) it could be said by a supercritical person that there was some issue there. I am not suggesting that there would be, objectively or legally, anything wrong with that. I am just suggesting that, from the point of view of being absolutely—

The Hon. P. Caica interjecting:

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

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I have not sat down with the Minister for Police.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Okay, I haven't sat down or stood up or bent over or leaned over with the Minister for Police.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I am more positive about some of those angles than others in relation to this matter.