Lands Titles Office

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:32): My question is to the Minister for Planning. Has the Registrar-General been informed of the government's investigation into the privatisation of the Lands Titles Office data services division, and if so, when? Will he release the PricewaterhouseCoopers report?

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) (14:32): I thank the honourable member for her question. I was slightly anticipating something like this might come up because the deputy leader, in one of her flights of fancy last week, put out a press release entitled—

Ms Chapman: 'Mr Sneaky'.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —'Mr Sneaky does it again'. I prepared another one which went something like, 'Ms Lazy does it again', because Ms Lazy forgot to notice that in the budget papers last year this was actually flagged. The suggestion that Mr Sneaky had been hiding from Ms Lazy something in full view, namely, in the budget papers, all I can say is—and this is a message from Mr Sneaky to Ms Lazy—read the budget papers and all will be clear. I am not sure—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: How dare you publish it in the budget?

The Hon. J.J. Snelling: Hidden in plain view.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: It has been hidden in the budget, where nobody could possibly find it, so I have a fair suspicion that the relevant public servant is aware of that. As to say more about where that is actually going, I think we have to wait with some considerable anticipation until—is it the 9^th?

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: The 7^th.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: The 7^th of July.