Marine Parks

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (14:43): And your list is correct, sir. My question is to the Minister for Regional Development.

Mr Pengilly interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Finniss is warned.

Mr GRIFFITHS: What is the Minister for Regional Development doing to support the livelihoods of commercial fishers and recreational communities impacted by marine parks, given the government's apparent refusal to act on any evidence given for the need for change to occur? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

The SPEAKER: The question was already full of comment, so you don't have my leave to explain it.

Mr GARDNER: Point of order, sir?

The SPEAKER: Yes?

Mr GARDNER: Are you expressly, as a member of the house—

The SPEAKER: Yes, I am.

Mr GARDNER: —personally refusing leave?

The SPEAKER: I am, yes.

Mr GARDNER: We look forward to similar exceptions on the other side.

The SPEAKER: Yes. Minister.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (14:44): Mr Speaker, can we have the question again, because I was anticipating the explanation?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Goyder—

Mr GRIFFITHS: Amusing place, sir. My question—

The SPEAKER: —if you could just ask a question without it being laden with comment.

Mr GRIFFITHS: The explanation is important though, sir, it is.

The SPEAKER: Well, the minister has now necessitated the explanation, so I revoke my veto.

Mr GRIFFITHS: You are a true gentleman, sir; I appreciate that. I will go back to the question. What is the Minister for Regional Development doing to support the livelihoods of commercial fishers and recreational communities impacted upon by marine parks, given the government's apparent refusal to not act upon any evidence provided to it?

The Minister for Environment in a radio interview approximately two weeks ago said, and I quote, that 'no matter what evidence you get you are not going to change the actual zones or the places of those zones or the geographical locations'. The Minister for Environment, in responding to a question in the other place said, and I quote, 'No, the zone boundaries won't be changing.'

The SPEAKER: I don't know that that added a lot to the question. Minister.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: Thank you, Mr Speaker. As we know in this house, in October last year, I organised a regional impact assessment statement. They have been through the Goyder Institute and also through SACES. There are regional impact assessment statements being carried out in the three locations; that is, the West Coast, the Port Wakefield area and also Kangaroo Island.

I will be waiting for the regional impact assessment statements to come back. I have monthly meetings with the minister from the other house. No decision has been made on where we are at the moment, but can I also add that, if anyone on the other side has any collaboration or any confirmation of anything that may be affecting those three areas that we are talking about—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: —I encourage them to put an application in through the proposed system, through the regional impact assessment statement and the final decision will be made when the RIAS is completed in October.

Mr GRIFFITHS: A supplementary, sir.

The SPEAKER: Before the supplementary, I warn a first time the member for Kavel and the member for Hammond. I warn a second and final time the member for Finniss, and I am anxious about the member for Heysen because she hasn't been on my scoresheet all week. The member for Goyder.