Public Sector Recruitment

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:13): Supplementary to the Attorney-General: when the Attorney-General says that all future senior appointments are to be subject to detailed police and security checks, he can tell us that but he can't tell us whether they have been in the past.

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) (15:13): I am not in a position, for the reason I have just tried to explain—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The leader is on two warnings.

Mr Duluk interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I'm sure the leader doesn't wish to be the first member suspended from the house under the new dispensation, and I warn that ebullient Sturt supporter up the back, the member for Davenport, for the second and final time. Deputy Premier.

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Yes, as I have said, I am not going to be in a position where I am canvassing matters about this particular case for the reasons I have just explained. If the question were to be characterised as a question about how are new practices different from other practices in general terms, I will seek advice from Dr Russell.