Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:44): Further supplementary: notwithstanding that the party, ACP, is expected to act in good faith and in an expeditious manner, is there any time limit on them doing so to complete their conditions precedent to concluding the first 150-hectare sale?

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) (14:44): Some of the things they have to do are not matters which are entirely within their control to actually set the time lines on. What they are expected to do is to undertake certain steps. In effect, it is to do with having the land ready for the settlement to occur.

They will have to undertake certain steps in order to do that. Exactly how long that will take them to do, if acting expeditiously, I cannot tell you to a day. All I can say is that my expectation is that they should be getting on with it, getting on with it quickly and not wasting any time. The sooner they are in a position to have done all those things and settle the better, as far as I am concerned. As to having an exact moment in time when that will happen, because of the nature of some of those preconditions I cannot say to the house, 'At this point in time this will be completed.' That would be misleading.