House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2023-09-28 Daily Xml

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Flinders Ranges Sacred Sites

Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (14:41): Supplementary: it might be an opportunity to more directly answer the question. In not wanting to get ahead of the process, has the minister spoken with Beverly Patterson? Indeed, is the minister aware of Beverly Patterson?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water) (14:41): I have not spoken to people in relation to this because, first of all, there is a process that has been initiated by the department prior to the action that was undertaken by the contractor that needs to be worked through and, also, although I want to talk to the traditional owners who have been affected and I have the phone numbers, I am concerned to be a little clearer about what our process will be for the review and the interaction with the traditional owners before I speak to them because they will be legitimate questions raised by them.