House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Magistrates MAGISTRATES Mrs REDMOND House of Assembly Heysen MAGISTRATES Mrs REDMOND (Heysen) (15:15): My question is to the Attorney-General, and you will be glad that you have given me the right to ask it. Can the Attorney-General assure the house that the impending retirement of Deputy Chief Magistrate Cannon has played no part in the timing of the commencement of the courts efficiency reforms bill? The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly Enfield Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Planning Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Business Services and Consumers MAGISTRATES The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (15:15): The courts efficiency reforms bill—I am not exactly sure which one the honourable member is referring to, because there have been a number, but the— Mrs Redmond House of Assembly Mrs Redmond: The age of retirement. The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly The Hon. J.R. RAU: Yes; the position is that there was a bill intended to contain both retirement age arrangements and arrangements for discipline of magistrates. An amendment to another bill was moved, I think by the member for Adelaide, which put those two pieces of legislation out of sync. It is intended, when the other piece has been dealt with—and that is in the hands of the opposition and others—that it will be proclaimed. Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: Supplementary— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: You cannot have a supplementary after the bell has gone.