until 1992 that the premier hold that ministry whilst an assistant minister helps with the portfolio. A day after the election, Burke visited Fremantle to reassure residents that the line would be reopened. The line reopened on 29 July 1983, with Burke riding in the driver's cab with Works Minister and former train driver Ken McIver driving the first passenger train back on the line. The cost of repairing the line for reopening was $800,000 and the cost of the first year of operations was $800,000. Two weeks after the election, Burke recalled Parliament to implement the promise to reduce prices. Just prior to the 1983 election, Burke rang businessman Laurie Connell, and convinced him to donate $25,000 to the Labor Party. The two were introduced to each other by radio presenter Bob Maumill, a colleague of Burke when he worked at Seven News. Maumill had grown quite close to Burke. Maumill, and later Howard Sattler, hosted a weekly morning radio segment on 6PR called Ask the Premier, where Burke would answer listeners' questions. As Tourism Minister, Burke chaired the Rottnest Island Board, where he met Dallas Dempster, an appointee by the previous Liberal government. When Burke won government, Dempster offered his resignation from the board, but Burke declined the offer. Burke later chose Dempster to become chairman of the board. Early in his term as premier, Burke was approached by the developers of the Argyle diamond mine. They claimed to have an agreement with the O'Connor Government that their obligation to build a town at the mine would be waived if the coalition had won the 1983 election. Burke decided to allow the waiver to go ahead, provided that the government be compensated by $58 million. The government then spent $42 million to buy a 5% stake in the mine from Northern Mining, a company owned by Alan Bond. Burke later said "that showed me it (revenue raising) could be done. Bryce later said he saw the deal as the introduction of fly-in fly-out in Australia, saying that "the social implications [of the deal] are pretty ugly". Burke then held a meeting with several federal government MPs, including John Dawkins, Kim Beasley and Peter Walsh, where he pitched the idea of becoming a state capitalist to help with the state's financial situation. It was later revealed in the WA Inc royal commission that Connell was a paid advisor to