ELLIS, MR B.

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (16:15): My question is to the minister representing the Minister for the Status of Women in the House of Assembly. Does the minister support the use of taxpayers' money to engage the services of Mr Bob Ellis to write the Premier's speeches given that Mr Ellis said earlier this week, and I quote:

Why are deeds long common at office Christmas parties used by women to ruin good men's careers?...Are men too harshly treated for what men have always done, trying it on, attempting foreplay, rolling bedroom eyes and murmuring lewdly...should they be ruined for this?

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) (16:16): I will answer the question. I have yet to see—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —one member on that side of the house condemn Cory Bernardi for his racist comments, his attacks on Islamic people. If you have got an issue to raise, raise it with the ABC.