House of Assembly: Thursday, July 26, 2018

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Mount Gambier Prison

Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth) (15:41): My question is again to the Minister for Correctional Services. Can the minister now clarify the government's policy on prisoners being able to run businesses which incite antisocial behaviour?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:41): I did just outline that in my last answer, so I will let the minister go back and read the Hansard and check that. That was when the member for West Torrens was interjecting. I make this point, and I stress it very firmly to the shadow minister, that if he has serious allegations of someone running a business inside a prison, an online business, if he has evidence of that, please go to SAPOL and please go to Corrections. Seriously, a press release is not the way—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —to conduct your business.

Mr Malinauskas: Here we go. Corey on repeat. Here we go.

The SPEAKER: The leader will not interject.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: You know what? I have to go on repeat because you don't get it.

The SPEAKER: I do get it, minister.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: The Leader of the Opposition doesn't listen.

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: It's groundhog day. Everyone on this side has had to repeat it again and again because you don't listen. And it's not that long ago that you were in this chair. You think you would have learnt, but you haven't. So I go back again and say—

An honourable member: Again.

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —because you've got to listen. I know it's hard.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader. The leader is on two warnings.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: The Leader of the Opposition you would think would have a better understanding—

The SPEAKER: Minister, please do not respond to interjections.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: I am giving a very, very clear answer here, that the shadow minister was exposed not having conclusive evidence, just getting stuff off Facebook. He's the social media guru, and if he does start following Donald Trump or, heaven help us, Kim Kardashian, who knows what allegations he's going to come up with next?

The SPEAKER: Before I call the member for Heysen I can advise the house from the Manual of the Practice, Procedure and Usage of the House of Assembly guide:

A memorandum made by a Minister, or by anyone else for the use of a Minister, with a view to furnishing information to be communicated to the House, is not treated as a public document whose production can be enforced.

The member for Heysen.

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: Point of clarification: so you are saying all ministerial advice quoted in the parliament is not to be tabled?

The SPEAKER: Not all ministerial advice, but in that particular case I am taking this ruling.

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: The minister didn't say it was a parliamentary briefing, though. He said it was a ministerial piece of advice.

The SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens, I will go over the Hansard. That's the way I took it, that's the way I have interpreted it and I have made that ruling. I will now move on to the member for Heysen.