Adelaide Festival Centre

Mr SPEIRS (Bright) (14:32): My question is to the Minister for the Arts. Can the minister please confirm whether the Festival Centre has any plans to sell the valuable Barbara Hepworth sculpture that has been on public display since 1973 in order to fund future redevelopments?

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: That's a good idea.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:33): Don't get excited, Treasurer. The Festival Centre board is a statutory board, independent, at arm's length at least from government. I am more than happy to get a report back for the member for Bright.