Brompton Gasworks Site

Mr TELFER (Flinders) (15:02): My question is to the Minister for Planning. Can the minister inform the house what changes he or his office recommended to the draft copy of the report into Brompton before the report was finalised?

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Planning) (15:02): As I informed you in my last answer, I only ever asked for more information. I only had one meeting with the author of the report at the beginning of the process, where I stressed to him his independence. He has provided us with a technical report, which we have considered in great detail. It's a useful report to inform future government decisions.

Those opposite would understand that the complexities of the Brompton site were mainly about remediation, about the original master plan for the Bowden urban village, what was originally envisaged for that site. It's a site that's very long lived. It has spanned over multiple governments.

Mr Telfer interjecting:

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: The honourable member keeps interjecting.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The minister has the call.

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: He might want to consider this: the government has fulfilled its election commitment, got a better outcome for the Crows, a better outcome for the people of Brompton and now we have made a ministerial statement for you to peruse. Renewal SA and MAB will continue their negotiations; both of those processes were separated.

This has been a completely normal process which all of you have become obsessed about and personalised in all your press releases, much to my surprise. I find your approach on this to be completely surprising, given that you have gone from a situation of signing up to this three weeks before caretaker with no consultation with the opposition. You would think that you—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: Well, just before an election—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: It was just before caretaker—a major decision that bound the hands of any future government. You actually think that you've got a strong hand to play here, and you don't.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Schubert, order!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Schubert is called to order. There's a good deal of exchange across the chamber.