House of Assembly: Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Contents

Child Protection

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (14:45): Supplementary.

The SPEAKER: A supplementary? You won't be requiring the paper, then?

Ms SANDERSON: No, that's right; I won't. Does the minister think it's appropriate—

Mr GARDNER: Point of order.

The SPEAKER: If the point of order is the member for Unley's point of order, the member for Unley's point of order was that no-one should be reading in the chamber. Now, we can enforce that strictly or we can honour it in the breach. Which is it?

Mr GARDNER: Sir, we have established over the last 24 hours and over the last several years that the breach is accepted. The member for Unley didn't, in fact, make a point of order at the time: he made an interjection, which you have since made multiple comments on. In upholding your point of order, I think your continued comments do not add to the debate.

The SPEAKER: Well, the member for Adelaide issued a challenge and said that, given that her supplementaries are supposed to arise from the content of the minister's answer, she wouldn't read further supplementaries.

Mr Marshall interjecting: