Hansard Daily: House of Assembly - Thursday, September 15 2011

Commencement
- Commencement
Bills
- Summary Offences (Prescribed Motor Vehicles) Amendment Bill
  - Conference
    - The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN
Personal Explanation
- Small Business Commissioner Bill
  - The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS
Bills
- Criminal Law (Sentencing) (No Conviction on Election to be Prosecuted) Amendment Bill
  - Introduction and First Reading
    - The Hon. R.B. SUCH
  - Second Reading
    - The Hon. R.B. SUCH
- City of Adelaide (Capital City Committee) Amendment Bill
  - Introduction and First Reading
    - Ms SANDERSON
  - Second Reading
    - Ms SANDERSON
- Road Traffic (Emergency Vehicles) Amendment Bill
  - Introduction and First Reading
    - Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN
  - Second Reading
    - Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN
Parliament House Matters
- House of Assembly Attendant
Bills
- Magistrates Court (Small Claims Jurisdiction) Amendment Bill
  - Second Reading
- Local Government (Interment of Human Remains) Amendment Bill
  - Second Reading
    - The Hon. R.B. SUCH
Parliamentary Procedure
- Visitors
Bills
- Local Government (Interment of Human Remains) Amendment Bill
  - Second Reading
    - Mr GRIFFITHS
    - Ms CHAPMAN
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- Operation Flinders Foundation
  - The Hon. R.B. SUCH
- Operation Flinders Foundation
Parliamentary Procedure
- Visitors
Motions
- Operation Flinders Foundation
Parliamentary Procedure
- Visitors
Motions
- Operation Flinders Foundation
Parliamentary Procedure
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Motions
- APY Lands
  - Mr MARSHALL
Parliamentary Procedure
- Visitors
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- Hospital Parking
  - Ms BEDFORD
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Ministerial Statement
- Fishing Possession Limits
  - The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN
Parliamentary Committees
- Economic and Finance Committee
  - The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT
Question Time
- APY Lands, Food Security
  - Mrs REDMOND
  - The Hon. G. PORTOLESI
- Renewable Energy
  - Mr PICCOLO
  - The Hon. M.D. RANN
- APY Lands, Food Security
  - Mrs REDMOND
  - The Hon. G. PORTOLESI
- Small Business Commissioner
  - Ms FOX
  - The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS
- APY Lands, Food Security
  - Mrs REDMOND
  - The Hon. G. PORTOLESI
- Disability Supported Accommodation
  - Ms THOMPSON
  - The Hon. J.M. RANKINE
- APY Lands
  - Mrs REDMOND
  - The Hon. G. PORTOLESI
- Better Behaviour Centres
  - Mr BIGNELL
  - The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL
- Solar Power Project, Umuwa
  - Mr MARSHALL
  - The Hon. G. PORTOLESI
- City-Bay Fun Run
  - The Hon. S.W. KEY
  - The Hon. M.D. RANN
- APY Lands, Substance Misuse Facility
  - Mr MARSHALL
  - The Hon. J.D. HILL
- Drug Traffickers
  - Mr ODENWALDER
  - The Hon. J.R. RAU
- APY Lands, Substance Misuse Facility
  - Mr MARSHALL
  - The Hon. G. PORTOLESI
- National Literacy and Numeracy Tests
  - Mr PISONI
  - The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL
- National Literacy and Numeracy Tests
  - Mr PISONI
  - The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL
- National Literacy and Numeracy Tests
  - Mr PISONI
  - The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL
- Point Lowly Desalination Plant
  - Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN
  - The Hon. K.O. FOLEY
Ministerial Statement
- Mental Health
  - The Hon. J.D. HILL
Personal Explanation
- APY Lands
  - Dr McFETRIDGE
Grievance Debate
- Health System
  - Dr McFETRIDGE
- Cycle for Smile
  - Mrs VLAHOS
- South Australian Economy
  - Mr HAMILTON-SMITH
- Light Electorate
  - Mr PICCOLO
- Mining Exploration, Eyre Peninsula
  - Mr TRELOAR
- Opal
  - Ms THOMPSON
Bills
- Radiation Protection and Control (Licences and Registration) Amendment Bill
- Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Casino (Enclosed Area) Amendment Bill
  - Introduction and First Reading
- Evidence (Discreditable Conduct) Amendment Bill
  - Final Stages
- Development (Building Rules Consent—Disability Access) Amendment Bill
  - Final Stages
- Statutes Amendment (Directors' Liability) Bill
  - Final Stages

APY LANDS, SUBSTANCE MISUSE FACILITY

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood) (15:01): My question is to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation. Is it the case that the minister has had an independent federally-funded report costing the taxpayers of Australia $47,000 sitting on her desk since August of last year, highlighting the underutilisation of the Amata substance misuse service, and yet has continued to put $1 million a year from her department's budget of around about $5 million (the APY task force's budget) into this underutilised facility? Does her department conduct any evaluation of the effectiveness of programs funded by the APY task force fund?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Point of order, Madam Speaker: I would so much love to hear this answer but enlivened as I am—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: —by the arguments on the other side, I note that there is a motion in the other place concerning this minister's dealings with the APY lands. I would ask you to rule that these terrible people are trying to pre-empt the debate in another place.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! As I said before, if everything that is happening in the other house is referred to, and we are not allowed to refer to anything, we would not have anything to do in question time—and wouldn't that be lovely! Now, can we have some sense back into this? We have six minutes of question time left. Can we get back to some semblance of order? Does the minister wish to answer that last question?

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers, Minister Assisting the Premier in Social Inclusion) (15:03): Yes, I would be very happy to answer this question. Of course I am aware of the report into the substance misuse facility that the Minister for Health referred to earlier. Clearly, my agency and his agency are working together; clearly, we are working with communities. That is the only way to go forward on this issue.

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