MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT

Mr GOLDSWORTHY (Kavel) (15:15): My question is to the Premier. Considering the Premier's abhorrence of mullet-headed lawyers, why did he risk it with a mullet-headed minister?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I think that was a frivolous question. However, the Premier can answer it.

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) (15:15): Can I say that none of us can understand why the member for Kavel is not on the front bench, because those of us who have spoken to him in the corridors and in other places know that he is the only one who makes us nervous—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —that one day he will emerge with a field marshal's baton in his knapsack. I have to say this. Getting advice on hirsute matters from the member, the baron of the Barossa, may not be a good start to his career.