LABOR PARTY LEADERSHIP

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:21): My question is to the Minister for Education. Does the minister stand by his public comments made about the Labor leadership on 8 February 2011: 'As things presently stand I would be a candidate, but only if the top job becomes vacant first'?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Minister for Education, Minister for Early Childhood Development, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:21): I do not know what this has particularly got to do with my portfolio of education. Can I say this: we have a Premier of South Australia who has—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: For those—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: For those opposite, he has the unfortunate habit of winning elections time after time after time. I suspect that if he chooses to stand for another election—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Norwood!

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —he will indeed win that.