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Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): In the event then that this detailed project plan hasn't yet been received, could the deputy leader confirm whether the plan is to include in it a requirement to include a mining and resources hub to be built as part of its plan?

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) (14:27): I am not going to go into what may or may not be in a plan, but something else is coming back to me, and it was something else that was in that statement on the 14th of this month, which happened immediately after the 13th of this month, which was exactly six months to the minute after the statement was made by the now Treasurer, which was some 35 years after he was born, and so on.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: It's 42.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: It's 42, sorry. The situation is that it has never been hidden in any of the statements made by either the Premier or the former treasurer that of course the government would love to see development in South Australia which worked as a complement to oil and gas industries operating particularly in the north of this state. There has never been any question about that. It is also equally clear that anybody who might have a piece of land somewhere and have the aspiration of having it used for oil and gas purposes is only going to be able to achieve that aspiration if there are people in the oil and gas industry with whom they can do deals and who want to be participants in that.

The government is in this context two places removed from any such conversation, so I think the premise on which the honourable member's question is based—that is, is there some sort of requirement or condition precedent about having something to do with oil and gas—is misconceived. Whatever our aspirations, and we have been very public about those, we do not—

Ms Redmond interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: No, no, no, I'm sorry, we have. The member for Heysen is shaking her head.

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: No, just shaking her head. So I just say that I think the Treasurer, who still remains the Minister for Mining, and the Premier have said on several occasions we would be delighted for South Australia if we could become a place that could offer some sort of hub or investment opportunity for the oil and gas industry, of course, but we don't control that industry, and that would be a matter for private players to negotiate out.

The SPEAKER: Before the deputy leader starts, I call the members for Heysen and Mount Gambier to order.

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