UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:15): My question is to the Premier. Why does the Premier demand a higher standard from his ministers than he was prepared to give when he was a minister to premier Rann, given that he still has 69 unanswered questions put on notice by the opposition over a period of years?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Minister for State Development) (14:16): I do not quite understand the nature of the question. If the—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: The standards that I laid out today are ones that are going to govern the way in which this government operates. I know that the opposition leader is fond of reaching back into the past. In fact—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Well, the problem is that some of your past decisions do come back to haunt us, as they have today. What I am talking about is the standards that will apply in this parliament. Those opposite are free to ignore those standards, and by all evidence it seems to suggest that they are and will, but on this side of the house we will maintain those standards. Certainly all of the questions that will be asked of us will be given proper answers. If we get impertinent questions they will get the treatment—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —that they deserve; but we will strive to give information to the house, as I always have.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Mawson.