House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Personal Explanation Personal Explanation Local Government (Road Closures—1934 Act) Amendment Bill LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ROAD CLOSURES—1934 ACT) AMENDMENT BILL The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly Croydon The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon) (12:41): I seek leave to make a personal explanation. Leave granted. The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: During debate on the Local Government (Road Closures—1934 Act) Amendment Bill, the member for Adelaide told the house I had a conflict of interest owing to my daughter's attending St Dominic's Priory College, Hill Street, North Adelaide. On 24 November 2011, the member for Adelaide told the house: ...yet in the 170 times that the member for Croydon has mentioned Barton Terrace West, and in his 67 speeches in this house, he has failed to declare his personal interest, given his daughter attended St Dominic's. On the last sitting Thursday I responded to the member for Adelaide's point, during the course of which I said, 'Suzie Roux made this claim in a letter sent to all members of parliament late last year.' When I became aware on Friday morning of Suzie Roux's and Chris Sumner's denial that they had included this claim of conflict of interest in their circular letter, I checked the letter and I am wrong. Suzie Roux and Chris Sumner did not make this point in their letter to all members of parliament about the bill. Accordingly, I withdraw that claim, amend the record and apologise to Suzie Roux and Chris Sumner.