Riverbank Precinct

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:13): Supplementary to the minister: does he agree with the Auditor-General that there was also a 'lack of transparency' about the government's decision to grant ongoing exclusivity to the Walker Corporation in August 2015, and if so, will he now explain the reasons for this decision?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:13): I again thank the leader for his question. I think the issue that we discussed yesterday in some detail about the level of appropriate documentation—or in fact the contrary: the lack of the maintenance of appropriate documentation, particularly around some of the meetings—and also, I think, the additional issue about whether those documents were available for the Auditor-General to comment on in his report, is what leads him to one of the findings that the leader just stated about transparency, or the lack thereof. I repeat my comments from yesterday, that certainly it is also noted in the Auditor-General's Report that there was analysis and advice that was provided to the government—to cabinet—as a basis for them to make decisions.