RIVERSIDE BUILDING

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:38): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Disabilities about the Riverside centre.

Leave granted.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: Expenditure on the fit-out for the Riverside centre has blown out by $800,000 over the past year. I ask the minister:

1. What was the total cost of the fit-out?

2. Why did the expenditure blow out?

3. Why is the fit-out of an office building a priority for this government given the level of unmet need in the disability sector?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:38): I thank the honourable member for his question and I will undertake to get the details and report back to him on that.