Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:15): Supplementary: having accepted that ministers do take overall responsibility for maladministration, why has he allowed the Attorney-General to refer back to the Renewal SA agency responsibility for dealing with the maladministration of Mr Buchan?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:16): Because we have confidence in the agency to be able to effectively deal with this matter. The first thing is that—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —the agency has new leadership, which is a pretty fundamental reason because the chief executive of the agency now, Renewal SA, who has responsibility for dealing with these matters is a different person and has not been the subject of criticism in the report of Commissioner Lander, and there is no reason to believe that this agency cannot effectively discharge its responsibilities.

If you look at the report where it sets out all of the steps that we have taken since this transaction to remedy deficiencies, Commissioner Lander reaches the view that each of those steps that were taken were appropriate steps, and he only adds one further step to consider, which is reviewing the governance of the relationship between the minister and the board and the chief executive, and that's something that we will now turn our attention to.