MARINE PARKS

Mr PENGILLY (Finniss) (14:42): I have a supplementary question. What compensation will be paid to associated industries such as tourism, hospitality, retail outlets, fishing shops—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr PENGILLY: —if this madness goes ahead at the moment?

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Point of order, Madam Speaker: the deputy leader, having been such a stickler for argument, I think referring to something as madness is pointedly argument and the question should be ruled out of order.

Mr Williams interjecting:

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Standing order 97, from memory, says that there should not be argument in a question.

Mr BROCK: Supplementary, Madam Speaker.

The SPEAKER: Just a minute, member for Frome. I do uphold the point of order about argument in the question. Minister, do you want to respond to that question or not?

The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton—Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Water) (14:42): All I would say, Madam Speaker, is that the only madness that abounds is that madness being promoted by the opposition with respect to marine parks. It was a ridiculous question.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Frome, your supplementary needs to be very much related to the question.