Northern Forests

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:23): Supplementary: can the minister confirm that a regional impact assessment statement was submitted to cabinet, along with the cabinet submission, relating to the sale of the Northern Forests, as is required by the government's own practice and, if so, will he make it public, as is required by the government's own guidelines?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:23): Once again, as we said before, we don't make a practice of releasing information that is being put to cabinet and, in any case, the member would have been better directing his question to the Minister for Forestry. In any case, as I said previously, it is not the government's practice to make public information that has been contained in cabinet submissions.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The members for MacKillop and Davenport are called to order, and the leader and the member for Finniss are warned.