LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT FACILITATION PANEL

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:42): And I do thank the minister for that comprehensive coverage of a whole range of matters that had nothing to do with what I asked. Will he give assurance that the issues of the impacts and compensation will be fully investigated before he makes a decision?

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:42): I am not going to give any assurances, because I have not received a submission. How irresponsible would it be of me to start talking about giving compensation when I have not even received a report? I find that just bizarre, and it is an indictment on the opposition deputy leader, without a portfolio, to ask me to do that.

The PRESIDENT: A further supplementary, the Hon. Ms Lensink—without comment.