Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-05-01 Daily Xml

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MARINE PARKS

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:29): My first supplementary question concerns information that industry has been provided with, which was April 2011. The industry has informed me in the last 10 days that that was the last information they received. Is that still the current information that PIRSA has provided to them?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:30): I have just outlined all the discussions—

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: No, you haven't. It is a simple question: is this the current document?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: —all the discussions and the dialogue in terms of the plan and the input to that plan that have been taking place for some time, and continue to take place. That is—

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting:

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: He wasn't listening.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: They don't listen, Mr President; they come into this place and they just simply don't listen. I have already outlined the work that has been done around the plan. I have gone into considerable detail talking about—they are currently being consulted on the draft plan before it is finalised. Industry feedback is going to be considered. The government has met with individual associations around that. Various discussions and dialogues have continued with the industry over a number of years. I am just not too sure why the honourable member does not wash out his ears and listen to the information that is given.