TREASURER

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (15:14): My question is to the Premier, and, given the actions of the Treasurer today in choosing to answer a question from the member for Unley directed to the Minister for Education, it is quite relevant. Is the reason that ministers do not answer questions addressed to them in question time because they are afraid of being criticised by the Treasurer?

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) (15:14): Here is the former deputy leader, who came out on the last days of the campaign and shot the Leader of the Opposition in the foot by saying that what he was saying on hospital costings was just spin.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Because I like a bit of Christmas cheer, and it sort of fuses with last week-itis, the deputy leader, of course, is the only deputy leader in history who was elected by three votes—and he could not remember who he voted for.