CHILD PROTECTION INQUIRY

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:20): Supplementary.

The SPEAKER: If it be a supplementary.

Mr MARSHALL: Yes: did any other cabinet ministers exempt themselves from these cabinet deliberations, and if so, which ministers?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:20): I am not going into the question of parliamentary, ministerial and cabinet processes. I am speaking for myself and the decision that I have taken. I am not going to be revealing what decisions were taken by other ministers; that is not something that we routinely do. But, can I say that I was, by that stage, a very significant subject of the inquiry, and I thought it was appropriate that I absent myself.

Members interjecting:

Mr MARSHALL: Supplementary, sir.

The SPEAKER: Before you do so, I call the member for Heysen to order.