House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Law and Order Issues Postcard LAW AND ORDER ISSUES POSTCARD Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg LAW AND ORDER ISSUES POSTCARD Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15:18): Does the Premier agree with the member for Reynell that the dirty tricks postcard campaign against the Leader of the Opposition is absolutely disgusting and offensive? The opposition is informed by a constituent— Members interjecting: Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: Are you listening to it? By a constituent— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: Ready? The opposition is informed by a constituent of the member for Reynell, in a telephone conversation with her, that she (the member of parliament) did not know that cards were going to constituents in her electorate and that she found it absolutely disgusting and offensive and was appalled that they could attack Isobel Redmond in that way. The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly Ramsay Premier Minister for Economic Development Minister for Social Inclusion Minister for the Arts Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change 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) (15:19): Can I say, this is from the Liberal Party, where the second floor of the Liberal Party not only has fake email sites, IT sites and Twitter sites that forge other people's identities, which issued and distributed forged receipts, forged emails and fake documents. Can I just say this: the Liberal Party's dirty tricks section on the second floor is like a crime scene; that is what it is like. We have seen— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: They should put blue tape around it with the words 'crime scene'. What we have seen under this opposition and under this opposition leader and her predecessor is that they are prepared to do anything to smear their way into power, because basically they are so divided— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: They spend all their time fighting with each other. Here we have an opposition—a Liberal Party led by Isobel Redmond—with a dirty tricks unit, which has fake email sites, fake Twitter sites— Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: I have a point of order, sir. This has nothing to do with the question. My point of order is relevance. The Hon. P.F. CONLON House of Assembly The Hon. P.F. CONLON: With respect, Mr Speaker, the question again referred in debating terms to dirty tricks. If the Premier wants to respond to a question couched in those terms, he is entirely in order. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! I have been giving the Premier a fair bit of latitude in his answer, but perhaps he might wind it up. The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: Thank you, sir. Politics is about comparing— Mr Williams interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, the member for MacKillop! The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: —and contrasting. It is about being prepared to stand by what you say— Mr Williams interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, the member for MacKillop! The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: —and it is about meaning what you say and saying what you mean. They have come in here with a series of law and order issues and always backed the soft option on crime. We have a situation here where the previous leader of the opposition and deputy leader of the opposition lost their jobs— Mr PEDERICK House of Assembly Mr PEDERICK: I have a point of order, sir, on relevance. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier has concluded his answer. The member for Bragg.