Energy Prices

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:45): Supplementary: given the minister's reference to the ACCC draft report released yesterday and his comments about privatisation, does he agree with the ACCC, which said that the distribution businesses in Victoria and South Australia, both of which have been privatised, are the most efficient in the country and more efficient than the government-run ones in other states?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (14:46): My point to the shadow minister is: haven't you done enough damage? The deer in the spotlight.

The SPEAKER: The Treasurer is warned for the second time for debating.

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Point of order, sir: if the Treasurer doesn't have an answer to the question, he should just stay quiet.

The SPEAKER: The member for Stuart is called to order, warned and warned a second time and should have been—

Mr Whetstone interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey is also called to order, warned and warned a second time for dissenting from the Speaker's ruling. One thing I have tried to crack down on in this chamber, to make it more orderly and better for the people of South Australia, is bogus, student politician-type points of order, such as the member for Stuart just took. He is on the edge. Member for Giles.