House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Ministerial Staff Ministerial Staff Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg Deputy Leader of the Opposition Ministerial Staff Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:49): Has the Attorney-General or the Premier ever used a private email account for the purpose of conducting government business? 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 Ministerial Staff 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) (14:50): I cannot really comment on what the Premier has done, but I am generally regarded by my staff as having several shortcomings, and one of them is a very poor grasp of technology. In fact, some time ago I discovered that there was a thing called 'email' and it was on the 'interweb', and I had steps taken to remove it. I thought, if people were bona fide in attempting to contact me, they would be disappointed that several years later they had not received a reply because I did not know how to do it, so I had myself taken off it on the basis that people would try another method to contact me. I am not a user of that particular medium and, as I said, I am pretty sure the Premier does not go around sending lots of emails either. The situation is pretty clear. I think I have made it clear what our view about all this stuff is and we intend to—when I have given the Premier some advice—deal with it accordingly. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Third supplementary, deputy leader.