Festival Plaza Redevelopment

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:47): A supplementary to the Minister for Planning: is he aware whether the Adelaide Casino project is progressing on time and have all necessary planning approvals been granted?

Mr Bell: You've got such a good track record.

The SPEAKER: The member for Mount Gambier is called to order.

Mr Marshall: Don't say anything.

The SPEAKER: The leader will depart the house under the sessional order for the next hour.

The honourable member for Dunstan having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. T.R. Kenyon interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Newland is called to order.

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) (14:47): There is a demarcation here between the responsibilities of the Minister for Housing and Urban Development and the Minister for Planning.

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley will depart the house under the sessional order for the next hour.

The honourable member for Unley having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I think there may have been some misunderstanding on the part of the deputy leader about where the division of those actually sits because, at a point in time about a year or so ago, I actually did hold both of those roles, but one of them is now being very capably undertaken by my colleague the minister. So, I will direct myself to the planning element of the question, which is basically: how are things progressing? The answer is, as I understand it, things are progressing well. There are a number of planning approvals that—

Mr Bell interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Mount Gambier is warned.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Rezoning, for example, has already been—

Mr Knoll interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert is warned.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: The rezoning of the area has already been attended to.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan: Like Olympic Dam?

The SPEAKER: The member for Stuart is called to order.

Mr Pederick: It used to be to hell and back; now it's to Gillman and back.

The SPEAKER: The member for Hammond is warned.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan: Will it be in the gulf?

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Was that warning for bad humour or their noise?

The SPEAKER: The member for Stuart is warned.

Mr Knoll interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: As far as I am aware, there is no delay, hold-up or any impediment to the proceeding of these various works in any way connected with planning decisions.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Stuart is warned for the second and the last time. Deputy leader.