House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Asylum Seekers Asylum Seekers Mr GARDNER House of Assembly Morialta Asylum Seekers Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (15:22): A supplementary, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Isn't this a fourth supplementary? Mr GARDNER House of Assembly Mr GARDNER: I will rely on you for that information, sir. Can the minister perhaps confirm that he will seek a briefing on this matter and establish in particular on what basis—and I quote the police spokesman saying that there are 'no concerns for the safety or welfare of any of those missing'—that has been made—at least to the minister's own personal satisfaction and confidence that that has been made? The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly Light Minister for Disabilities Minister for Police Minister for Correctional Services Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Road Safety The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:23): Mr Speaker, I thank— Ms Chapman interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The deputy leader, if her lips move out of order again, we will be without her for an hour. Minister for Police. The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: I would have thought that at least the member for Bragg being a lawyer would understand the difference in the way the police— Members interjecting: The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: I am out of my depth? You're over there, I'm over here—I'm out of my depth? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Minister for Health is called to order. The Minister for Education is called to order and warned a first time. The Hon. J.M. Rankine interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: And warned a second and final time. Minister for Police. The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: Clearly, the member for Morialta doesn't have any confidence in the police because he has asked me the question. The question was— Mr GARDNER House of Assembly Mr GARDNER: Point of order. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Point of order? Mr GARDNER House of Assembly Mr GARDNER: As per the standing orders I take offence to the comments and ask that the minister withdraw them. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: It is simply not offensive for a minister in an answer to say that he thinks a member does not have confidence in the police. If the member for Chaffey wishes subsequently to make a personal explanation, I am sure he will be granted leave. The member for Morialta’s point of order was an impromptu speech for which he should be removed, but since he was removed unjustly not long ago I will let him off. The member for MacKillop has either a point of order or an impromptu speech? Mr WILLIAMS House of Assembly Mr WILLIAMS: I am seeking clarification, sir, on the ruling you just gave, that somebody can suggest during question time that they think somebody else does not have confidence— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: In the police. Mr WILLIAMS House of Assembly Mr WILLIAMS: In the police or anybody else. Sir, wouldn’t that constitute debate, when they are expressing their opinion about somebody else? Shouldn’t the minister therefore be ruled out of order? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: No, because the line of questioning carries the imputation that the minister should have sought a briefing and the minister is saying the reasons he does not think he should have sought a briefing, and one of those is that he has confidence in the police about operational matters. Mr WILLIAMS House of Assembly Mr WILLIAMS: But he expressed another member’s— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: It is germane for the minister to say what he is saying and the remedy is not a point of order: the remedy is a personal explanation. Mr WILLIAMS House of Assembly Mr WILLIAMS: Sir, I come back to my original— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: You mean you are going to repeat the point of order I have just declined? Mr WILLIAMS House of Assembly Mr WILLIAMS: No, I was not making a point of order. I was seeking an explanation as to— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: And I have just given you one. The Hon. J.J. Snelling House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. Snelling: Sit down! The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Who said ‘sit down’? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I did, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Minister for Health is warned for the first time, but I thank him for his confession. The member for Napier.