House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-06-18 Daily Xml

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Torrens Building

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:04): I have a further question to the Minister for Planning. Under the state government's plan to sell the Torrens Building and then lease it back, who will be liable for the paying of the lease? Will that be the government or the businesses that are currently operating in the building?

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, Minister for Child Protection Reform) (14:05): Well, likewise, I do not have any present knowledge about the detail of that matter but I will seek to find out. I do seem to recall that the tender process and the general market process was something that was driven from Treasury, if I recall correctly. It may be, as I said before, that Treasury may be the appropriate agency to provide that answer, but I will take it on notice.