House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-06-04 Daily Xml

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HomeStart Finance

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:33): Mr Speaker, I ask the Treasurer: does he want to correct the record, given that I have received a freedom of information response from his agency that prevents me from obtaining the following documents: a covering minute to the Treasurer regarding HomeStart Finance review of loan book; a cabinet submission with Deloitte reports, costing comments and speaking note attachments, including a Deloitte valuation report, a Deloitte preliminary scoping report, a cabinet costing comment, and speaking notes prepared for the minister to address parliament?

Mr Pisoni: Jay forgot to tell you about that one.

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is called to order. The Treasurer.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (14:34): If the shadow treasurer is saying that I have somehow misled him—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is called to order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: —in my previous answer, I disagree with him. I don't think I did and I will check, but I did not say to you that they had not done the work. I said to you—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I will go back and check—

Ms Sanderson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Adelaide is warned for the first time.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: —but the pertinent point here is that, no matter what work is done by agencies, it is cabinet decisions that matter and it is government outcomes that matter. Cabinet considers many options; some are proceeded with, some are not. Judge us by what we do. I think that is the important question here: has the HomeStart book been privatised? Has it been sold? It has not.

The SPEAKER: Third supplementary, member for Davenport.