Luxe Haus

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): A supplementary: does the minister understand that when the department that he is responsible for has taken such a long time to remove this house from their website that it is entirely relevant how closely he knows the person; that is, convicted sex offender Corey Ahlburg?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:28): As I answered yesterday, that is an operational matter. It would be absolutely inappropriate for me to have any influence positively or negatively. We know that the Tourism Commission had a number of meetings with the manager, I believe, and expressed their concerns about the behaviour that was going on. I think the manager, from what I have been advised by the Tourism Commission, said they would modify and respect the neighbours. Clearly, they haven't. We saw only in the last few days some stories around a footy club and a bucks party there. Clearly, the behaviour is unacceptable and it certainly doesn't deserve to be on the Tourism Commission's website.