House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Personal Explanation Personal Explanation Member's Remarks MEMBER'S REMARKS Mr PENGILLY House of Assembly Finniss Mr PENGILLY (Finniss) (17:08): I seek leave to make a personal explanation. Leave granted. Mr PENGILLY House of Assembly Mr PENGILLY: The member for Light, in his Address in Reply speech, tried to indicate that I had made some derogatory remarks about local government in South Australia. I strongly repudiate that. Indeed, what I said this morning, as recorded in Hansard, was: I talked earlier about councils and I want to return to councils. I, along with others in this place, had time in local government. In the 17 years I had there, I thought the world revolved around local government. You learn very quickly when you come into this chamber that local government does not count for a lot in the scheme of things. Hardly derogatory. It continues: It is a bit like us with the feds, in that we do not count for a lot with the federal parliament. I believe that the member for Light had misrepresented what I said, and I— The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: On a point of order, this is a personal explanation, as I understand it, and it is not to contain debate or argument. A simple recital of what the member for Finniss actually said should be sufficient. An honourable member House of Assembly An honourable member: That's what he's doing. The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: No, he is now arguing. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Finniss, are you comfortable with that? I agree with the point of order. I am reading standing order 108. Mr PENGILLY House of Assembly Mr PENGILLY: I have concluded what I wanted to say. The fact is that I was misrepresented by the member for Light.