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) (14:28): Is the Premier aware that the Australian Labor Party has formally registered the name 'Isobel Redmond MP, Leader of the Opposition' with Australia Post as part of its reply paid customer account, and will the Premier now take responsibility for the Australian Labor Party's misleading and deceptive campaign— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: —and order the ALP state secretary to remove the name of the Leader of the Opposition as one of Labor's registered reply paid campaign names with Australia Post? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! 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) (14:29): The Leader of the Opposition's predecessor lost his job because of dirty tricks and fake accusations, forged documents and a range of other things. Under this Leader of the Opposition, obviously— Mr GRIFFITHS House of Assembly Mr GRIFFITHS: Point of order, Mr Speaker: the question from the member for Bragg is quite specific in relation to the Australia Post card. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The house will come to order! The Premier is in the course of answering the question. I will hear what he has to say in his answer. The Premier. The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: I just say this: smearing people is no substitute for unity, no substitute for policies, no substitute for plans or vision. The Leader of the Opposition cannot smear her way into government and South Australians deserve better. Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: Point of order, Mr Speaker: my question is whether the Premier is aware of this occurring and what action he will take to deal with it. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: There was also an allegation— Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: Nothing to do with a dirty tricks campaign. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Bragg will take her seat! In the question was also an allegation of deceptive and misleading conduct. Mr Venning House of Assembly Mr Venning: Well, isn't it? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Schubert! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left! When you insert debate into a question, it is reasonable for the minister to have a fair amount of latitude in responding. The Premier. Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: Point of order, Mr Speaker: can I just seek some clarification? It may be that I need to make this clearer in the question, but let me make it absolutely clear: the Leader of the Opposition is not a member of the Australian Labor Party. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: There is nothing misleading about that. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Bragg will take her seat. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier. The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: The people of South Australia deserve much better than this. The people of South Australia want a government and an opposition— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly The Hon. M.D. RANN: —that puts South Australians before petty politics. They do not want to see anyone smear their way into government. What they want is an opposition that is unified, rather than fighting amongst themselves. What they want is an opposition that has a shared vision for the future of this state, that fights for this state, rather than fight amongst themselves. So, I am not aware of the matter that— Mr PEDERICK House of Assembly Mr PEDERICK: Point of order, Mr Speaker: the Premier has strayed that far from the question it is ridiculous. It was very precise, very specific. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Hammond will take his seat. The Premier has concluded his answer. I call the member for Light.