House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Police Investigations POLICE INVESTIGATIONS Mr PISONI House of Assembly Unley POLICE INVESTIGATIONS Mr PISONI (Unley) (15:05): My question is to the Minister for Police. Is it standard practice for an investigation into an assault to be suspended if the investigating officer goes on leave? Then police minister Wright wrote to the former member for Morialta, Lindsay Simmons, in reference to a serious school assault at Craigmore High School in February 2009 and explained away the failure of an officer to investigate the assault in a timely manner on the basis that 'the officer was commencing his annual leave'. The Hon. K.O. FOLEY House of Assembly Port Adelaide Minister for Defence Industries Minister for Police Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Motor Sport Minister Assisting the Premier with the Olympic Dam Expansion Project POLICE INVESTIGATIONS The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Police, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Motor Sport, Minister Assisting the Premier with the Olympic Dam Expansion Project) (15:06): I guess the member for Unley is somehow trying to entwine me in that question. I am not quite sure how, but operational— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: Point of order. I will wait for the ruling of the chair. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Sit down, minister. Point of order. Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: My point of order is the minister is imputing improper motives on me, and I ask it to be withdrawn. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I don't think he can withdraw when he says 'I assume'. He has not actually said straight out that you have done that, but I would ask the minister to be very careful about what he is saying. Minister, do you want to answer the question? The Hon. K.O. FOLEY House of Assembly The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: We are allowed to use propensity reasoning. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. K.O. FOLEY House of Assembly The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: I guess as a police minister I can see form in terms of what this gentleman gets up to. Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: Point of order. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Point of order, member for Unley. Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: The same point of order, Madam Speaker. I ask you to ask him to withdraw. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Unley, I didn't hear what he said then because of the noise from your side. What was the second comment you are asking him to withdraw? Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: He was suggesting I had form in bad behaviour. That's what he was saying. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: You had form in what? Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: In bad behaviour, through his inference, and I ask him to withdraw. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I think you are being very sensitive, member for Unley. If he'd only said you had form— Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: I'm being sensitive? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I think you were being very sensitive. I don't think you have a point of order there. Minister, can you just answer the question as it was asked and not make any assumptions or anything else. The Hon. K.O. FOLEY House of Assembly The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: You big sook! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: Point of order. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: If that is about unparliamentary— Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: I don't believe that 'sook' is parliamentary. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: I ask the minister to withdraw. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. K.O. FOLEY House of Assembly The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: Hey, sunshine, the day you can beat me in this place will be a very, very long day away. You are a political novice, and you are very, very poor at the art of parliamentary debate. But, Madam Speaker, I will be more than happy to get a report from the police commissioner. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order!