Government Advertising

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:03): Supplementary: given the Premier has just said that his campaign was not political, can he perhaps provide an interpretation for this house of his own guidelines which clearly state, 'Political advertising is defined where—

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Point of order: the leader does not have leave to introduce facts into his question.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey is called to order.

The Hon. J.M. Rankine: You don't have leave.

Ms Chapman: Now she's telling you off. You do have leave, sir. You can do whatever you like.

The SPEAKER: Well, no, the deputy leader is not right. The leader cannot ask questions however he likes: he has to ask them in accordance with the standing orders. Can I hear the question again?

Mr MARSHALL: Yes, sir. Can the Premier provide an explanation to the house of his interpretation of his own government's guidelines which clearly state that political advertising is defined where 'the image or voice of a politician is included within the advertising'?

The SPEAKER: I am ruling the question in order because the question is not asking the Premier to interpret a statute or a regulation, which would normally be interpreted by the courts. It's an internal guideline. Premier.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Minister for the Arts) (15:05): Of course, they quote just a section of the guidelines. They don't quote the guidelines in full, which give me full warrant to be able to appear in advertising consistent with the guidelines. If the Leader of the Opposition wants to understand what a political attack looks like, it would go a little bit like this: the Liberal Party are a guilty party: they privatised the electricity trust. They are the party that has no guts to stand up to a federal government. They are a political party that has no capacity to engage in this debate—

The SPEAKER: Premier, would you be seated. I think I anticipate the member for Morialta's point of order and I uphold it without hearing it. Leader.