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Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
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BURNSIDE COUNCIL

The Hon. J.A. DARLEY (14:51): My questions are for the Minister for State/Local Government Relations in relation to the Burnside council investigation:

1. When we enter the period of natural justice, does it mean that individuals named in the report will be provided with a copy of the report for perusal, or will they be required to attend the investigator's office to peruse the report at those premises?

2. Will that decision be made by the minister or the investigator?

3. Will the minister now provide an up-to-date cost of the investigation so far and an estimate of the anticipated cost of completing the investigation?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (14:52): I thank the honourable member for his most important questions. The processes the investigator adopts are a matter for the investigator. He is the expert, and it is at his discretion and with his expertise that the processes he believes are the most appropriate will be adopted.

In terms of the Burnside investigation, whether that means that the natural justice phase will involve a copy of the report going out or the people named in the report being invited to some sort of meeting, I do not know. That is not a detail the investigator has discussed with me in any shape or form. It is a matter for the investigator to decide what process he believes will provide the greater amount of rigour and the greatest level of natural justice to those people named and afford them the opportunity to respond to any of the findings the investigator might have come to. In terms of the cost, I have asked for an update, and that update has not been finalised, but the—

The Hon. S.G. Wade interjecting:

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I have already said. I am already on the public record as giving the rate that the investigator is being paid at. That is unchanged. We now just have to do a cumulative assessment. So, it is on public record, and the member opposite, the Hon. Mr Wade, is just lazy. He is just bone lazy. It is on the public record, but I have committed to—

The Hon. S.G. Wade: Two weeks ago.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: Well, it's on the public record. As I said, the member opposite is just bone lazy. The figures are already out there. I have already made it really clear in terms of the rate the investigator is being paid at. I have said that I will come back and do a cumulative assessment for him. As I said, it is on the public record. He is just bone lazy.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Wade has a supplementary deriving from the answer.

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