Bowering Hill Dam

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:53): Supplementary: did you have the cup of tea that the Attorney-General indicated yesterday that he was going to have with you to brief you on the matter and find out more about it?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Point of order, Mr Speaker: I don't believe the minister is responsible, or any member is responsible, to the house for matters of correspondence from their constituents to ministers; otherwise, individual members on the other side of the house could be interrogated about how they have dealt with their correspondence from constituents.

The SPEAKER: My recollection is that a minister told the house that a cup of tea was enjoyed.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: 'Was to be' enjoyed? Well, in saying that in answer to a question, the minister brings the cup of tea into issue in question time.

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (14:54): Mr Speaker, the opportunity to have a cup of tea with the minister is something that is very high on my list of things to do. It is a priority. He is a very busy man, though, he has lots on, and I have been detained, as my duty requires, in this chamber for a great deal of time. As soon as our diaries can be brought into a moment of coincidence, this will be certainly a priority for me, and I hope it will be a priority for the minister, because I would look forward to it.