Question Time

Electricity Generation

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:13): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier inform the parliament and, more importantly, can he inform the people of South Australia, precisely when he will detail his plan for resolving the state's energy crisis?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:13): When it's ready and when it's—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey is called to order. The Premier hasn't uttered a word yet, and the member for Chaffey is interjecting.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Our policy can be described—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Our policy can be described in one simple—

The SPEAKER: The member for Wright is warned.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: For those opposite to understand our policy, it can be described in one simple phrase—

Mr Gardner: Have you finished writing it?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —we are taking control of our own—

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta will depart for the next hour for flagrant breaches of the standing order. He will depart for an hour under the sessional order.

The honourable member for Morialta having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Our policy can simply be described in one simple way: self-sufficiency, taking control over our own energy future, standing up for South Australia. These are the principles that will guide our policy formulation. There will be a clear choice. There will be a choice between coal and renewable energy. There will be a choice between clean, affordable and reliable power and the policy chaos of those opposite. There will be a choice between the future and the past.

The Hon. J.M. Rankine interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Wright is warned for the second and final time.