LABOR PARTY

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:32): My question again is to the Deputy Premier. Will he rule out standing for the leadership of the parliamentary Labor Party before March 2010? The Deputy Premier told local media on 18 November 2008, 'I will not lead. I do not want to lead.' But on 20 October 2008, he qualified his remarks by saying, 'I will never be a candidate for the leader as long as Mike Rann wants to be leader.' However, speculation continues about the Premier's early retirement before 2010.

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Federal/State Relations) (14:33): I can in breaking news advise the house that neither do I seek nor will I seek the leadership of the Labor Party at all at any point. Will the deputy leader give the same assurance to her leader? She won't, because she wants his job and she wants to sit here.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!