Question Time

Legislative Council President

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:14): My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. Is he concerned that the attack on the President of the other place by a member of the Labor Party undermines the Premier's commitment to deliver the most stable government possible?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (14:14): Thank you, Mr Speaker. As everybody knows, we wait for the call from the Speaker, and that's what I was waiting for. First up, to the honourable Leader of the Opposition: yes, I am disappointed in what has happened in the upper house, but we shouldn't talk about what happens in the other place. I made a decision with the Premier to form a stable government. I see no issues with the current government at the moment and its stability. What happens in the upper house is not my concern. However, there has been in this house over many years issues similar to this here, and it will happen again, but I am very comfortable. I have not been informed—

Mr Whetstone: Did you write that answer, Jay?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: —of any instability in the government of the day, and I am continuing to support it.

The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey is called to order.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Point of order: I think the member for Chaffey interjected, 'Did you write that out, Jay?' for the answer there. My point of order is that it is an offensive assertion that has been made against the Minister for Regional Development.

Mr Gardner: Sir, this is bogus.

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta is on thin ice. I will take advice. Would the member for Chaffey care to withdraw the offensive imputation that the Premier wrote the Minister for Regional Development's answer?

Mr WHETSTONE: I withdraw.

The SPEAKER: Thank you very much, member for Chaffey. Supplementary from the leader.