Public Sector Recruitment

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:11): My question is to the Premier. Did the Department of the Premier and Cabinet request a police check for Ms Veronica Theriault when she was appointed as the Chief Information Officer?

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) (15:11): We are now getting into matters which, as I foreshadowed in my ministerial statement—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: You did mention earlier this morning, Mr Speaker, that a certain Mr Bevan may be watching, so for his benefit can I just say that there are proceedings before the criminal courts presently based on particular circumstances that we are now discussing. It is very important that every individual who is in the position of being tried before the criminal courts has a fair trial and not a trial during which unhelpful additional material is put into the public domain by me or the parliament, so I am not going to be canvassing particulars of this matter. It is very important that all of us don't publicly canvass particulars of this matter to allow for due process to be afforded to the people involved.

Mr Knoll interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The komitadji from Schubert is warned. I know he is exuberant because the Angaston Reserves won the premiership. The deputy leader.