One Community

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:50): Supplementary question: will the Premier rule out that his office was involved with the development of any of One Community's campaign materials?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Minister for the Arts) (14:50): Yes; I don't think our office was involved. We contracted with—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Well, let's go through the history of this. I remember being at the meeting. At the meeting we said, 'We want to run a campaign,' and I can remember at the time Peter Sandeman was more than willing to put up his hand to say, 'We can run a campaign on behalf of this group'—not just the government but all the non-government organisations, the health sector, the education sector, SACOSS. And indeed that non-government organisation put a proposition to government that we were more than happy to fund, and they developed the material and the resources that were necessary to produce that material. I don't know whether there was any involvement in my office, if we were asked to participate.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Well, this is a campaign that we were cooperating in. We supported it. We supported the campaign. Now, whether the precise materials—

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is on two warnings.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: —were the subject of discussion with us, I don't know, but I don't think it would have been surprising if they had made a discussion with us, because we supported the campaign. We offered public money to campaign against the federal government and indeed any political party that were raising their voice against South Australia.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: You want to take money off the children of South Australia, you're going to buy a fight with me. You're going to buy a fight with me every day of the week.

Mr Marshall: Supplementary, sir—

The SPEAKER: Before the supplementary, I call to order the member for Heysen. I warn the members for Adelaide, Heysen and Wright, and I warn for the second and final time the member for Wright.

Ms Chapman: She's giving a valedictory today.

The SPEAKER: She will be unable to give a valedictory if she's not in the chamber.