House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time SafeWork SA Advisory Council SafeWork SA Advisory Council Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg Deputy Leader of the Opposition SafeWork SA Advisory Council Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:15): A supplementary to the Minister for Industrial Relations: could the minister explain why SafeWork SA Advisory Council's annual report hasn't got any financial statements attached to it? The Hon. J.J. Snelling House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. Snelling: The question might be in order, but it is hardly a supplementary. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Well, let's treat it as a separate question. Would anyone like to answer it as a separate question? The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly Enfield Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Justice Reform Minister for Planning Minister for Housing and Urban Development Minister for Industrial Relations 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) (15:15): I would love to answer it as a separate question. Obviously, the member for Bragg has been studying the report, for which I commend her. She is very hardworking in this particular regard and, I might add, in her contributions to debate in this house she is nothing but thorough. The Hon. J.J. Snelling House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. Snelling: Some might say obsessive. The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly The Hon. J.R. RAU: I prefer to call it thorough. Mr Marshall House of Assembly Mr Marshall: It's better than tardy and slow. The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly The Hon. J.R. RAU: I would never accuse the honourable member of being tardy in her responses. They leave absolutely nothing to the imagination and they cover everything with great thoroughness. Indeed, I am reminded of the debate about Kangaroo Island a while ago: the thoroughness of that was breathtaking. For those of us who enjoyed that, it is sealed in our memories as an exemplar of thorough parliamentary exposition. Mr Marshall interjecting: The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly The Hon. J.R. RAU: Okay, fair enough. You had me at hello. Mr Gardner interjecting: The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly The Hon. J.R. RAU: You had me at one hour. If I was Patrick Star, I would start bidding down, but I'm not so I will move on. The answer is that I will have to find out whether or not it is conventional for a statement of account to accompany that report and, if it is, I shall also try and ascertain why it is that in this particular report it is not accompanying it. Mr Marshall House of Assembly Mr Marshall: Doesn't it strike you as odd as the minister responsible? The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly The Hon. J.R. RAU: I assume nothing, and when the probing forensic mind of the member for Bragg is combing through the entrails of my portfolios I am very careful that I don't get tripped up and so I will take counsel.