Public Sector Recruitment

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:17): Supplementary: the Attorney-General's response indicates that there is nothing on the face of it in respect of Mr Russell's involvement in the dismissal, as he has outlined, but I am asking about the appointment. Is anyone assessing whether he has complied with those guidelines for the purposes of the appointment, not the dismissal?

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) (14:18): Again, if I can refer back to my ministerial statement that I made to the house yesterday—one for which I actually received a plaudit in the paper today—I thought I made it clear that Dr Russell had undertaken certain steps, which he had promulgated not just within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet but across government, and that those steps were now, so far as he was concerned, obligations incumbent upon all employees of the state, wherever they may reside.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Schubert, Davenport and Hartley.