Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:04): My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. Has the minister offered her resignation to the Premier?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (15:04): No, she hasn't.

Mr Marshall: Well, why don't you let her answer the question?

The SPEAKER: The leader is on two warnings. The leader is fully aware that it has been the practice of the house and the mother of parliaments at Westminster that any minister can answer the question. He knows that.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: If she offered her resignation to me, I am likely to have been aware of it. I would have thought that that is axiomatic. It is proper—

Mr Marshall: Are you going to give a straight answer?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Yes, I can, and the answer is no.