Granite Island

The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (16:58): I have a supplementary question. Has the minister been down to inspect this debacle? Secondly, does the minister agree with the Gunn Group that paying $70,000 rent annually to the state government, as an excessive rent, has been part of the reason that they have not been able to remain viable?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (16:58): This is the problem with the honourable member. He comes in here and says, 'Why isn't DEWNR doing this? Why isn't DEWNR doing that?' and then he says we should be subsidising private enterprises. That is his position on almost everything he brings into this chamber—that government should be doling out money to private individuals and private enterprises which are trying to run a business. We are not in a position to be doing that.