Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:46): My question is to the Treasurer as Minister for State Development. Have Adelaide Capital Partners responded to the state government's breach of contract notice issued in respect of the Gillman land deal?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:46): I thank the deputy leader for her question. This issue has been raised, I understand, as part of a briefing that was provided to the deputy leader last week when the chief executive of Renewal SA canvassed a range of issues that the deputy leader was interested in, but she, I understand, was interested in this matter and received some advice about that. It is my recollection that the Attorney-General, in his former capacity, has also received questions about this from the deputy leader.

I think, from both last week's briefing and from the comments that the Deputy Premier has made in this chamber, it has been made clear that, while there are dispute resolution processes that are available to both parties within the deed that has been reached between the government and Adelaide Capital Partners and there is a process to resolve that dispute, the government has repeatedly couched its comments in terms of needing to be particularly careful about the requirement to maintain confidentiality or to be very circumspect about what information was ventilated about this matter, of course, for potentially a range of reasons, but none greater than the risk of compromising the state's position. So you can imagine my surprise—

Mr Knoll interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert is on two warnings.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: So you can imagine my surprise—

Mr Goldsworthy interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kavel is warned, and it is especially deplorable given that the former dignified member for Kavel is in the gallery.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Schubert. I'm sorry.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The minister.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: So, understanding all of that background and realising that the deputy leader was across the fact that those dispute resolution provisions were contained within the deed, that they were available to both parties and her gaining an understanding through that briefing that some administrative action by the government was underway with that, imagine my surprise when the alternative first law officer of the state, the shadow attorney-general, ran straight out to the media and placed a story in the media about the fact that this commercial arrangement was underway. I am staggered to think that the deputy leader would have acted in a way to potentially compromise the state's position in this matter.