BURNSIDE COUNCIL

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:57): As I said in my question, the minister in a press release on 22 July assured the public of South Australia that, if any matter—

The PRESIDENT: Are you asking a supplementary question?

The Hon. S.G. WADE: The minister has asked me to go back to the information of my original question.

The PRESIDENT: I don't really care what the minister has asked you. Do you have a supplementary?

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I am within the same supplementary. She asked for clarification and I am responding to her response.

The PRESIDENT: Put it another way and put it as a supplementary instead of making a long-winded explanation.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: Okay; as a second supplementary because the minister could not understand the first one: will the minister advise the council that she gave directions to the investigator in accordance with her commitment to the South Australian community that any matter which involved any evidence of corruption would be referred immediately to the South Australian Anti-Corruption Branch for it to investigate? 'Immediately' means before the report is finalised.

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 for the City of Adelaide) (14:58): I have already put on record that any matters referred to me or found in the report that are of a criminal or illegal nature will be referred. I have given that commitment. As I said, I have not received the report and I do not know the content of the report. As there are no matters of any illegal nature of which I am aware, I could hardly refer them.