CRIMINON

Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (15:25): Did the Premier, at the instigation of the member for West Torrens and former senator Nick Bolkus, have discussions with representatives of the prison education program Criminon or its associated organisation Applied Scholastics on 16 March this year?

In an email from ALP State Secretary, Michael Brown, to ALP fundraiser and lobbyist, Nick Bolkus, dated 6 March 2009, with the subject heading 'Melbourne visit', Mr Brown refers Mr Bolkus to a conversation he had with a 'man called Tom' regarding prison education programs. Sources from within the Labor Party have advised the opposition that the 'man called Tom' is the Minister for Correctional Services. The email states:

Mike has asked me if there is anyone worth visiting while he is in Melbourne next week. Are they worth special treatment?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (15:27): I have no recollection of visiting anyone called Criminon. It might not be this Mike.