Personal Explanation

DEPUTY PREMIER'S REMARKS

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen) (15:19): I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Leave granted.

Mrs REDMOND: During question time the Deputy Premier on a number of occasions asserted that I had indicated support for the reintroduction of common law. The Deputy Premier knows full well that what I was indicating was that it was unreasonable to compare the WorkCover system in this state, where we do not have common law, with the WorkCover systems that apply in various other states where they do have common law. The point I was making was that it was a matter of comparing apples with oranges, and to assert that I was saying something about the introduction of common law was simply wrong, and the Deputy Premier knows it.

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: I rise on a point of order, Mr Speaker. The making of a personal explanation is not the place to debate the matter.

The SPEAKER: I do not uphold the point of order. I think that the member for Heysen was simply making clear her point. However, I do point out that the member for Heysen should not have been interjecting.