Question Time

Ministerial Code of Conduct

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:04): My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier agree that the Treasurer's behaviour towards his departmental staff was in direct contravention of the South Australian Ministerial Code of Conduct, which reads, and I quote:

Ministers must ensure that their personal conduct is consistent with the dignity, reputation and integrity of Parliament.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:04): I answered this question yesterday, and, whatever the strict legal application of the Ministerial Code of Conduct is, it is certainly not consistent with the spirit of the code of conduct and that is why the minister apologised and that is why he was publicly reprimanded.