Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:59): A supplementary, if I may, sir.

The SPEAKER: You may.

Ms CHAPMAN: Thank you, sir. Would the Attorney-General be concerned if the consideration paid by IWS to ACP is more than the price that ACP has acquired this land for from the government?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (14:59): Can I say this, first of all: let's find out whether I can answer your question first. I do want to put on the public record something which I think has been put on the public record before, but I will say it again. The price that might be payable for, for example, a single building block which is adjacent to existing services with sewerage, with water, with electricity and with road access might be X dollars per square metre because it's a very small block and it's already completely serviced, so there is no infrastructure burden whatsoever in relation to that block. Another piece of the property might be worth a different amount because of the cost of actually bringing services to that piece of the property.

I will find out the answer, and I am happy to give the answer to the parliament if it doesn't involve me stepping into commercial difficulties between two parties who are actually the parties to the contract—we are not—but I do emphasise, whatever the answer to that question is, comparing pieces of land there of different sizes, or with different proximity and access to infrastructure or facilities or whatever the case might be, is not necessarily comparing apples with apples. That said, I will attempt to find out an answer on the basis of legal advice as to whether me attempting to answer that question—and I can answer it—is going to cause a commercial issue between those parties or third parties.

Ms CHAPMAN: A further supplementary, if I may, sir.

The SPEAKER: The member for Fisher.