 As Minister of Aboriginal Affairs he campaigned for a clean-up of Maralinga lands affected by the UK nuclear tests in the 1950s and legislated in 1991 to return the sacred Ooldea lands to the Maralinga Tjarutja people.As Minister of Tourism he legislated in 1993 to establish the South Australian Tourism Commission and had ministerial responsibility for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.Labor lost government at the 1993 election in a landslide due to the State Bank collapse, falling to only 10 seats.