Oakden Mental Health Facility

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:16): A further question to the Attorney-General: when the Attorney-General makes the inquiry in respect of the terms of reference and/or conditions set for the instruction to the private legal firm, will he identify whether any of the resources sought are to support an investigation by ICAC?

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) (15:17): I am thinking about the answer to that question because, unlike the first question to which I do know the answer, the second question presumes—

Mr van Holst Pellekaan interjecting:

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

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —that the process in respect of those matters is the same. In respect of the first matter, I understand exactly how that is dealt with in the sense that there is a—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I said 'how', not the answers; I am telling you how. I understand how it is done because there is a circular which applies within government. That circular is known to all people within government and it sets out the grounds on which you may or may not seek to be given permission to go elsewhere.

In respect of the second matter, I am not in a position to say to the house for certain one way or another whether the rules, inasmuch as they might have application to an inquiry by another body, are the same or different. For that reason, I will simply take the question on notice.