Kangaroo Island Management Plan

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (15:04): My question is to the Minister for Planning. Can the minister advise why the Commissioner for Kangaroo Island has not complied with the requirement, under part 4 of the Commissioner for Kangaroo Island Act 2014, to prepare and release management plans?

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) (15:05): I thank the honourable member for the question and I would like to acknowledge, in fact, that the commissioner is with us today. The commissioner is doing an excellent job and, if the member for Goyder would like to join us for a biscuit and a cup of tea, we might even be able to have a chat about that. I do have some Monte Carlos, which were purchased for various reasons, and they are—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Has the minister finished?

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I can keep going if that would help. Would it help?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I don't understand there to be an explicit time limit imposed upon the commissioner about the production of management plans. I do recall one afternoon, or an evening I think it was, where we were in Parndana and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition bobbed up. It was lovely to be there with her, but she kept interjecting from the back, 'Come on, show us your management plan. Come on, you've got a secret management plan.' I said, 'There is no secret management plan.' 'Yes, there is. Come on, show us the secret plan. Show us your secret plan.' I said, 'There is no plan.' I hope now, some 18 months later when there is still no plan out there, that the deputy leader appreciates—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is warned for the second time for the second time.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —how honest I was that afternoon in Parndana, and we look forward to having our first plan.