House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2022-05-05 Daily Xml

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Brompton Gasworks

Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (14:50): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier accept that he was wrong to question before the election Renewal SA's selection of the preferred proponent on the grounds of a lack of open space when MAB Corporation's proposal includes about 25 per cent more open space than the former Labor government's revised master plan for the development of the site?

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Planning) (14:50): Open space is just one of the criteria that we should be looking at with this site. We also need to look at remediation. I would invite members opposite to have a very good look at remediation. It's probably the most polluted industrial site in South Australia. All of that is on the public record. You can google it; in fact, I invite members to do so. It is a very seriously polluted site. Open space is an issue and economic benefit is an issue. All of these things will be considered by the review which we will receive and then make appropriate decisions from there.