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Brompton Gasworks Development

Mr TELFER (Flinders) (15:05): My question is to the Minister for Housing and Urban Development. Minister, does the government reject the criteria and weightings used by Renewal SA to assess proposals for development of the former Brompton Gasworks site, which followed a proper process throughout?

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Planning) (15:05): Well, did it? Did it? That is a question for the review.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Flinders is called to order.

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: Well, I've got some questions too, like did this go to cabinet? Did this major deal—5.8 hectares right next to the CBD, crucial land, it needed significant remediation. You can find that out because you can google it. Maybe the former environment minister will want to google it, but the question is: was it just announced by the former Treasurer, or did it go to your cabinet?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: Maybe you should answer that.

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: The other question is that maybe if you took it to your cabinet you would have looked at the original approvals for the Bowden Urban Village, which said that the state and Renewal SA would be the master planner, the master developer, and that we would specifically avoid development agreements. This is a development agreement, and what we have done as a government is implement our election commitments. We have done it carefully, we have done it with caution—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Morialta, member for Dunstan!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: I can tell you we have done it with caution and we have set broad criteria because we want to know if this is the best deal for South Australia.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Hammond!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: What's wrong with that? Nothing is wrong with that.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Flinders!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: We are implementing our election policies. There are no surprises here.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta! Member for Schubert!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: We are simply implementing our election commitment and that is it. If those opposite want to ask questions, well, we will ask questions of you, like did it go to cabinet?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Hammond! Member for Frome!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: Did you address this issue?

The SPEAKER: Point of order.

Mr TARZIA: The minister is not responsible for decisions of the former government.

The SPEAKER: That may be. I am going to turn to the member for Adelaide.

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