Barren Hill Dam

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:06): Supplementary: so given the minister's concern about this being in the wrong place, what action has he taken to ensure that Renewal SA don't accept an unsolicited bid to sell or lease this land for the purpose of that dam?

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport, Minister for Racing) (15:06): I have taken several steps—several steps. I think you will see, as things evolve, what will happen with that proposal. As I said, I don't want to come in and just be negative about a proposal and not have a solution. I think we've got a solution.

Ms Chapman: If you haven't done anything, just say so.

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: This is the deputy leader who came in here four months ago with unfounded allegations off Facebook and asked about this dam.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: You made accusations in here that I owned a vineyard in McLaren Vale.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: You took your information for your questions off Facebook, and you never apologised. Remember Ray Martin on A Current Affair when he said, 'How can this woman get it so wrong?' You have been in here for 16 years, and you get it wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, every time.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: You are an absolute disgrace in the way you used—

Mr PISONI: Point of order, sir: the minister is responding to interjections, and I believe that is disorderly.

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley fixes me with his rictus smile, as warm as the silver plate on a coffin. Was the member for Unley also taking a point of order about the deputy leader's interjections?

Mr PISONI: We didn't have a chance to, sir.

The SPEAKER: Didn't have the chance. I understand. Minister.

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: So to finish the answer, I have been speaking with the planning minister, I have been speaking with the Minister for Water, the two ministers who are responsible for this. I am also talking to the people in my local area, the people I have worked hard for for the past 12 years. I will continue to work hard for them. We have got the runs on the board. We have locked in the agricultural and tourism—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: We have locked up the lands, the agricultural and tourism—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: The deputy leader likes to ponce around on Kangaroo Island like she owns the place. I was talking to a tourism operator on Kangaroo Island at the show at Kingscote on Saturday, and in her normal rude way the deputy leader came up and interrupted it like she was the queen of Kangaroo Island.

Ms Chapman: I came to your stall.

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: You did come to my stall, and I was talking to a tourism operator. These people opposite, the Liberal Party in this state, have deserted Kangaroo Island. You want to treat it as some little plaything. It is an economic powerhouse down there on Kangaroo Island. Tourism is vital for the island, and I was talking to a tourism operator about the benefits of cruise ships down there. That's what I was talking to him about, and you sort of waltzed up to my stall—

The SPEAKER: I didn't come to your stall at all.

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: Sorry, the deputy leader waltzed up to my stall, Mr Speaker, and interrupted a conversation I was having with a tourism operator—but I was very happy to give you a packet of FruChocs.