Personal Explanation

APY LANDS

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:13): Madam Speaker, before I make my grievance speech, I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Leave granted.

Dr McFETRIDGE: Today in question time the minister for Aboriginal affairs, in response to a question from the Leader of the Opposition, quoted me and indicated that I was not in favour of subsidising transport on the APY lands. That is quite incorrect. She quoted from Hansard of 12 October 2010 where I did actually say:

I am the first to admit that subsidies are a short-term solution for a long-term problem—

Then I went on to say:

...but we clearly continue to subsidise private transport operators in our bus services here.

There is no way that I was not encouraging this government and this minister to use subsidies to assist in reducing food prices on the APY lands.