MINISTERIAL CODE OF CONDUCT

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (16:06): My question is to the Premier. Given the Premier's statement to the house on 16 May 2002 regarding his tough new code of conduct, when he stated that the new code would be:

...the toughest and most comprehensive honesty and accountability measures and standards of conduct. Setting the highest standards and meeting them will contribute to a renewed public confidence in the standing of government and, indeed, of parliament, and that is what our community in South Australia expects and deserves—

and given the Premier's support for his Deputy Premier, what behaviour of his ministers does the Premier believe warrants sacking?

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) (16:07): We saw what happened on the other side of politics when we saw the release of manufactured documents, the release of fake—

Mr PISONI: Point of order: this is about the Premier's code of conduct.

The SPEAKER: The Premier has just started to answer the question. I do not think he has gone far enough yet to have a point of order.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Apparently members opposite did not think that using faked documents, faked receipts—

Mr PENGILLY: Point of order. I believe the Premier is clearly debating the issue.

The SPEAKER: I don't uphold that point of order. Premier, can you stick to the question.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: I do expect that when a minister makes a mistake he should come out and admit that mistake, and that is exactly what the Deputy Premier did and it is exactly what the Liberals and this opposition did not do when they were involved in a series of events that involved the use of forgeries, deliberate forgeries, and fake IT sites, basically a dirty tricks unit.