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Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:45): As a supplementary question, do I take it from the minister's response that such public health issues that may be brought to DAC's attention by the EPA will not be published routinely in future?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister Assisting the Premier in Public Sector Management) (14:45): As I said, my advice is that the EPA releases reports either at the end of the process—and remember, this process has not finished. When this comes up in relation to this particular application (not so much the Adelaide Brighton issue, because that is a significant distance away; it is almost a kilometre away), there are some issues in relation to the Incitec Pivot plant which have been revealed in the investigation from agencies, and the whole development process is supposed to bring those issues to light.

That is why the process at the moment has stalled, because these issues are being worked through to see whether there is a viable solution in relation to this. I should also point out that my understanding is that this particular idea to redevelop Port Adelaide began under the previous government back in the year 2000. Obviously, John Olsen and the people then had a lot more vision than it appears the current people have. It is my current understanding that this whole process began in 2000 when the decision was made.

The Hon. R.I. Lucas interjecting:

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: Sorry?

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. Lucas interjecting:

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: Well, that is right, they were. I am not criticising the former government in relation to that. On the contrary, I am saying that it was at least trying to upgrade it, but now it seems that these members opposite obviously want to stall all that and to make it very difficult to be involved with it and to punish them commercially accordingly. To talk about secrecy and so on, in relation to DAC the relevant reports are normally issued when the process is finished.

It is appropriate that if one is going to assess a decision made by government one should have all the facts, not just half the facts. One should look at the process when it is finished and have it assessed accordingly, otherwise, why bother to have government? As I said earlier, if you are going to totally second guess and have these select committees running parallel with decisions that government has not made yet, what is the whole purpose of having government?

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