Gillman Land Sale

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (13:27): Supplementary, sir: if the Premier doesn't want to take responsibility for this deal falling over, can he explain to the people of South Australia why this deal failed?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Health is called to order.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (13:28): Apart from the fact that a cheer squad, led by the Leader of the Opposition, was trying to destroy the project—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Very fascinating. Another important fact here is that the oil price has almost halved since 2003, when the oil and gas hub was first conceived, and that's obviously had an effect on the investing environment. Of course, there has been a series of legal actions that have been taken against the project, all of which have failed—

Mr Marshall: 'Unreasonable and invalid'.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: And overturned by the full Supreme Court.

Mr Marshall: What happened in the High Court?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: The Leader of the Opposition quotes from a single justice who was overturned by the full Supreme Court. The problem is he wants to read the bits that he likes and talk about—

Mr Marshall: 'Unreasonable and unlawful'.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: And overturned. This is an example of the way in which the Leader of the Opposition operates.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: If the Leader of the Opposition makes another utterance outside standing orders, he will be removed under the sessional order. Premier.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: I can only just invite people to consider the ranting of those opposite to realise how unfit they are for office.

The SPEAKER: The member for Little Para.

Mr Duluk: Protection!

The SPEAKER: The member for Davenport will apologise.

Mr DULUK: I apologise and withdraw.

The SPEAKER: The member for Little Para.