Legislative Council President

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:52): My question is to the Premier. Now that the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption has confirmed that it is considering the referrals of allegations against the Hon. Russell Wortley, will the Premier call for Mr Wortley to resign his position as President in the other place?

The SPEAKER: Before I call, as it turns out, the Deputy Premier, I warn the Treasurer for the first time and I warn the member for Morialta for the first time. Deputy Premier.

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:53): It has, I think, always been true that something which is insignificant, or indeed perhaps nothing, is not elevated to a higher position by simply having been the subject of a letter by the Hon. David Ridgway. That is the situation in which we now find ourselves.