House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-06-03 Daily Xml

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Buckland Park

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:49): My question is again to the Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Minister for Urban Development: if planning does come first, minister, how was it that the Buckland Park proposal was approved before it was discovered that it was on a floodplain?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:49): I think the chapter on Buckland Park is somewhere in the book of Exodus, or is it in Genesis? I can't remember, but it's a very—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Leviticus.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Leviticus maybe, but it's a very, very long time ago. It's a long time ago and I was not in any way involved in that matter at all. In fact, I know exactly where I was when this decision was made, and it was sitting there where the member for Reynell is sitting, quietly reading a book.