<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd">
  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2014-07-01" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="931" />
  <endPage num="1016" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Asylum Seekers</name>
      <text id="20140701db3eacb3a6d64d9f90000702">
        <heading>Asylum Seekers</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="question">
        <name>Mr GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2014-07-01">
            <name>Asylum Seekers</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2014-07-01T15:21:40" />
        <text id="20140701db3eacb3a6d64d9f90000703">
          <timeStamp time="2014-07-01T15:21:40" />
          <by role="member" id="4343">Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (15:21):</by>  A supplementary. Is the minister saying that he does not consider reports that seven young people, children and students at school, fleeing their homes and potentially being vulnerable is not worthy of seeking a briefing from the police who have been making comments on behalf of the government?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3123" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. A. PICCOLO</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Light</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Disabilities</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Police</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Correctional Services</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Emergency Services</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Road Safety</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2014-07-01">
            <name>Asylum Seekers</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2014-07-01T15:22:00" />
        <text id="20140701db3eacb3a6d64d9f90000704">
          <timeStamp time="2014-07-01T15:22:00" />
          <by role="member" id="3123">The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:22):</by>  Not at all. I have the utmost confidence in the police to do their job properly. If I was to seek a briefing on one matter and not another, I would then be accused of saying that one matter is more important than another. The police—</text>
        <text id="20140701db3eacb3a6d64d9f90000705">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="1804">Ms Chapman interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20140701db3eacb3a6d64d9f90000706">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The deputy leader is warned for the second and final time. Minister.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3123" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. A. PICCOLO</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20140701db3eacb3a6d64d9f90000707">
          <by role="member" id="3123">The Hon. A. PICCOLO:</by>  I trust the police to bring matters to my attention which require my attention.</text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>