House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Emergency Services Volunteers Emergency Services Volunteers Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett Emergency Services Volunteers Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:34): Supplementary: the minister, like all of us, holds the SES in high regard, so will the minister tell the house if he will put the SES and CFS volunteer charter into legislation, not just regulation? The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly Light Minister for Disabilities Minister for Police Minister for Correctional Services Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Road Safety Emergency Services Volunteers The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:34): First of all, regulation is legislation. I would have thought that— Ms Chapman House of Assembly Ms Chapman: Wrong. The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: No, it's not wrong. Secondly— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Premier and the Treasurer are called to order and the member for Finniss is warned. Minister. The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: I will be engaging with the volunteer sector and all volunteers who are involved in emergency services. The commitment I gave at the beginning of the process last year was that it would be an enforceable regulation— Dr McFetridge House of Assembly Dr McFetridge: You said legislation as well. The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: I know what I said; I was at the meeting. I am sure some of your colleagues who were at the same meeting would remember what I said. Dr McFetridge interjecting: The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: In regulation, that's correct. Dr McFetridge interjecting: The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: No, the head power will be in the act, and I understand the head power exists in the act already, which you appear not to know. I also understand, and the member for Morphett— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Morphett promised me exceptional behaviour in this question time. He is now warned. The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly The Hon. A. PICCOLO: That was a misleading statement, if I ever heard one. I am also advised that the honourable member who has moved a private member's bill in this parliament values volunteers and the MFS and CFS people so much that he introduced his bill without consultation. Dr McFetridge House of Assembly Dr McFetridge: I talk to them every day. I don't wait for special occasions. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Morphett, although provoked, is also warned a second time. The member for Unley.