BURNSIDE CITY COUNCIL

The Hon. R.D. LAWSON (14:53): As a supplementary question, did the concerns expressed by Mr MacPherson to the minister include questions about the issue of whether Mr Jacobs presently has the legal capacity to implement any decision which the council might make in relation to the sale of Chelsea Cinema?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy) (14:54): I cannot remember the details, and I do not have them in front of me. I am happy to clarify those details. From my recollection, they were concerns that he raised about the appropriateness of the process of the CEO's resignation and reappointment and whether that was indeed a proper process and what that would then mean to the status of the employment of that person. That was at least the general thrust, from my recollection, of the concerns that were raised and passed on by the agency to the City of Burnside.