House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Electricity Generation Electricity Generation Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly Stuart Electricity Generation Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:59): My question is to the Premier. Why did the Premier's department mislead parliament's Budget and Finance Committee on 24 July by giving evidence that sites for the diesel generators had not been finalised when a notice in yesterday's Government Gazette reveals that by 3 July, at the latest, the government had decided to install the generators at the Lonsdale and GMH Elizabeth sites? The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Minister for Finance Minister for State Development Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Electricity Generation The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (14:59): First and foremost, I think any accusation of misleading is probably disruptive without a substantive motion, but in answering— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Well, no, that's as against members of the house. Mr Marshall House of Assembly Mr Marshall: How long have you been here? The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: A lot longer than you. The Hon. J.M. Rankine interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Wright will be quiet and she is called to order. The Iraqi information minister that the health minister was looking for was Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: At the time those comments were made to the estimates committee, the final contracts had not been signed. Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Point of order: can I read the question again for the minister? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: No, there seems to be no doubt what the question was. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I signed the final contracts, I think, the night before we announced, which is well after those comments were made, so there was no final decision made until, I am advised, the contracts were signed because the government could have decided on another option.