House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Public Sector Employment Public Sector Employment Mr SPEIRS House of Assembly Bright Public Sector Employment Mr SPEIRS (Bright) (14:23): A supplementary, sir: does the minister believe that such dismissals are damaging morale within the public sector and preventing good people from applying for vacancies? The Hon. S.E. CLOSE House of Assembly Port Adelaide Minister for Education and Child Development Minister for the Public Sector Public Sector Employment The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector) (14:23): Again, I am struggling because I recall a very early speech given by the honourable member, it might even have been his first speech, in which he was really quite dismissive and rude about the people in the senior ranks of the Public Service and now he seems to have taken up their cause in an interesting way. I have no evidence— Mr TARZIA House of Assembly Mr TARZIA: Point of order, Mr Speaker: surely, the honourable member is debating the topic. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Yes, I uphold the point of order. The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Treasurer is warned. The Hon. S.E. CLOSE House of Assembly The Hon. S.E. CLOSE: In any case, to return to the topic of the question, I have no evidence that there has been any such harm or damage. No-one has raised that with me. Mr Marshall interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The leader is warned.