MURRAY-DARLING BASIN PLAN

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15:17): My supplementary question to the Premier is: have you read the submission?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Minister for State Development) (15:17): Can I just ask the member for Bragg—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: I just said yes. Can I ask the member for Bragg—I know she is a very good friend of the member for Sturt. Can she have a little whisper in his ear and say, 'Please, can you, on behalf of South Australia, persuade your other federal colleagues?' He is a very influential man in Canberra.

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: That's right. He is a very influential man in Canberra and—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —could he just ask his colleagues to do the decent thing and stand up for South Australia.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!