Crown Solicitor

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:44): Supplementary: has the Crown Solicitor received an application and/or processed the same?

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) (14:44): I am not aware of what has been received by the Crown Solicitor because—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: I am not the Crown Solicitor. I also do not have access to the Crown Solicitor's letterbox or anything else. An application is made to the Crown Solicitor's. The Crown Solicitor as an independent individual—not me—makes these decisions. There's no reason—

Mr Marshall: Aren't you aware?

The Hon. J.R. RAU: As I said, I am not aware of anything that has been done by the Crown Solicitor about any application by anybody, but I can tell you that it is not unusual for the Crown Solicitor to receive requests in the ordinary course of the Crown Solicitor's business to manage all sorts of applications, and this application would be dealt with by the Crown Solicitor, if it is an application, in exactly the same way as any other.