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The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:22): Supplementary: when did the Attorney become aware that suitable land would need to be purchased?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:23): This has been a process that has been going, off the top of my head, for about two years, and that has been an iterative process looking for suitable land to be used. Certainly, over the course of this year, it had been established that there wasn't land that we already owned that it could be built on and that is reflected in this year's budget paper that we have made an allocation to purchase land from the private sector.