House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Kangaroo Island Wharf Facility Kangaroo Island Wharf Facility Ms MICHAELS House of Assembly Enfield Kangaroo Island Wharf Facility Ms MICHAELS (Enfield) (14:36): My question again is to the Minister for Planning. Did the Minister mislead the parliament on 2 August in response to my question about whether there has ever been a process undertaken by government to look at the best location for a port to export timber off from Kangaroo Island? With your leave, Mr Deputy Speaker, and that of the house, I will explain. Leave granted. Ms MICHAELS House of Assembly Ms MICHAELS: The minister, in estimates on 2 August, claimed that no process had been undertaken by the government to determine the best location for a new port on Kangaroo Island, but on page 30 of the assessment report the commission itself confirms the government, in regard to the Smith Bay proposal, contracted Wavelength Consulting Pty Ltd to, and I quote, 'determine whether Smith Bay was an appropriate site for the wharf and port facility and to test the viability of alternative sites'. The Hon. A. Koutsantonis House of Assembly The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: You can't lie to parliament. The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens, you are already on one warning. The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Planning and Local Government The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Local Government) (14:37): In direct answer to the question, no. In relation to the report that was referred to at estimates, I did make further inquiry about whether anyone else had done that. My understanding was that that Department of Transport, which at the time was assisting under a previous iteration of this particular project, had commissioned a report. I'm not sure whether that was for the proponent or who paid for it or anything else, but I made that inquiry and, yes, there was a report prepared by a company called Wavelength. I can't remember their full name, but it's something like that and it's referred to in the assessment report.