House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-11-01 Daily Xml

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Gillman Land Sale

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (13:42): My question is to the Minister for Housing and Urban Development. Has the government now settled its Supreme Court action with the Adelaide City Council in respect of the acquisition of the Dean Rifle Range within the Gillman site for a sum of $20 million? Will the minister confirm whether he considers that the government have acted as model litigants, given that their offer has consistently been $1 million?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (13:43): There are a number of different elements to that question. I will endeavour to work through them. Have we settled with the Adelaide City Council? Yes. How much have we settled for? The number is not precisely $20 million but it is very close to it; I think it is $20.6 million or $20.7 million. We have not consistently offered them $1 million. We initially paid them a consideration for the land in excess of $1 million, and since that time we have been negotiating with the Adelaide City Council. Those negotiations have been concluded and we have now been in a position to reach settlement.