House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Independent Commission Against Corruption INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (14:57): My question is again to the Attorney-General. Can the government guarantee that the current Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Steve Pallaras QC, will be offered reappointment to his position and not removed, as a result of his support for a state ICAC? The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly Croydon Attorney-General Minister for Justice Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Veterans' Affairs INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (14:57): It is very nice to have that vote of confidence from the Liberal opposition that I will be attorney-general and that the Rann government will still be in office at the time that Mr Pallaras' term comes to an end. The Hon. P.F. Conlon House of Assembly The Hon. P.F. Conlon: It's called tapping the mat, isn't it? The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: So you've tapped the mat already. The Hon. K.O. Foley interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: The arrangement is that the director of public prosecutions is appointed for seven years. I think Paul Rofe got one seven year term and then there was a great deal of controversy within the then Liberal government about whether he ought to be reappointed. My recollection is that at least one prominent minister did not want him reappointed. They had quite a blue about it and eventually he was reappointed. The system is quite straightforward: it is a seven year term and, at the end of the seven years, the position will be considered on its merits.