Office of the State Coordinator-General

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:25): Supplementary: can the minister confirm who it was that advised that this should be closed?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:25): I thank the honourable member for her supplementary question. As I explained, if the member had been listening, the functions of the Office of the State Coordinator-General are transferring to the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. So it was going to be a duplication, and the decision was made by cabinet that we believe, once the regulations and the new act are operational, these functions can be performed quite adequately by the internal staff in the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure.