Public Sector Recruitment

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:21): My question is to the Attorney-General. Can the Attorney-General confirm whether the Sinead O'Brien, Government Printer, South Australia—being the authority for publication of today's Auditor-General Report and conveyed to the Speaker and President by letter of 27 November and tabled here today—is the same Sinead O'Brien who has resigned from the DPC and, if she has that position, what are the terms and conditions of her employment?

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) (15:21): I congratulate the deputy leader on her forensic reading of the report.

An honourable member: Page 1, buddy.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: It's on page 1, I know. It's tremendous to get a start on the report during question time. I am impressed by that. I know from my own personal experience, and this is not official but it's anecdotal, that this is a reasonably uncommon name, but beyond that I don't know whether—

The Hon. J.W. Weatherill: The President of Germany was John Rau.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Yes, indeed, the President of the Federal Republic had that name at one stage. Anyway, let's not go down that path. There does appear to be a likelihood of some correspondence—

Ms Chapman: A coincidence?

The Hon. J.R. RAU: —a coincidence, but I will check just to make absolutely certain because I wouldn't want to in any way jump to a conclusion, albeit one which does appear to have some logic attached to it.