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Site Contamination, Clovelly Park and Mitchell Park

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:11): Supplementary, sir. Why is the Premier claiming cabinet confidentiality for the State Emergency Management Committee, given that it is not a cabinet committee and was created under section 6 of the Emergency Services Act 2014?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:12): It amounts to a committee of our cabinet. It is a—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Well, it is. It amounts to a committee of our cabinet, and the processes of our cabinet are not those that are disclosed in this place. Can I say that all of the relevant information that has been disclosed to this place in the ministerial statement of the minister gives you the complete picture—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: I know that those opposite are drowning, but please do not seize upon this issue to seek to recover your position. We have set out to the house fully and completely all of the deliberations that have occurred over an extended period between 2008 and this time, including all of the advice that we have received, on which we have acted carefully and assiduously, and then brought all of that material to this place and explained it.

Mr MARSHALL: Sir—

The SPEAKER: I presume that you would like another supplementary?

Mr MARSHALL: I would like to ask you a question, sir.

The SPEAKER: Well, normally questions to the Speaker occur at the end of question time.

Mr MARSHALL: To seek a clarification to your previous ruling, because the Premier has just stood up in the house and said that the State Emergency Management Committee is a subcommittee of cabinet, whereas, clearly, it is our understanding that that has been established under section 6 of the Emergency Management Act.

The SPEAKER: So, it's a point of order, and the point of order is that EMC is not part of cabinet and therefore does not attract the cabinet confidentiality?

Mr MARSHALL: Absolutely, sir, and we seek a ruling.

The SPEAKER: Alright. Well, I—

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: My remarks are directed at the Emergency Management Committee of parliament. If there are other processes—

An honourable member: Of cabinet.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Of cabinet. If there are other processes which have been—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: I am speaking about the Emergency Management Committee of cabinet. That is—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: If your question is about another committee, we will make sure that the relevant material is provided to you.

The SPEAKER: Leader, could I just say, from my memory of being in the ministry, there was an emergency management committee of cabinet which, being a cabinet committee, attracts cabinet confidentiality.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Then there was the emergency management council, which included representatives of the various emergency services sitting together with ministers, which may or may not attract confidentiality. That is really what I have got to rule on. You are asking me: is the emergency management council subject to cabinet confidentiality?

Mr MARSHALL: Correct, sir.

The SPEAKER: I will take that question on notice. But before I deal with that, I call to order the members for Morialta, Unley and the deputy leader. Leader.

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