Families SA

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (14:58): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Sit down. Because this is what happens when we start to descend into farce, isn't it? Could we all listen to the member for Adelaide and her question.

Mr Bell interjecting:

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: No, the member for Mount Gambier is called to order.

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Unley is warned for the first time. The member for Adelaide.

Ms SANDERSON: Can the minister confirm whether Families SA has recruited the extra 30 staff agreed to with the PSA to be employed by tomorrow to avoid the threatened industrial action?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (14:59): I will have to return to the house. I have been away and then in parliament, so I am unaware of the exact status of all of the applications and whether we have been able to fill all the positions.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: That's a tragedy because, if your question was for that minister, I was going to give you the call next. Unfortunately, she's—

Members interjecting:

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: No, I was.

Members interjecting:

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Marshall: Are you drawing the house's attention to a minister leaving the chamber?

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I was about to give the member for Adelaide the call again, which I thought was something she might have appreciated, the call again, so I give the member for Adelaide a second question.