House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Ministerial Staff Ministerial Staff Dr CLOSE House of Assembly Port Adelaide Deputy Leader of the Opposition Ministerial Staff Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:31): My question is again to the Minister for Environment and Water. What process did the minister and his office follow to assign the public sector employees in his ministerial office, as he informed the house today and yesterday? The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS House of Assembly Black Minister for Environment and Water Ministerial Staff The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water) (15:31): Mr Speaker, we— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Minister, please be seated. Mr Malinauskas House of Assembly Mr Malinauskas: I would like to hear the answer. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I would like to hear the answer, too, leader. Thank you. Minister. The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS House of Assembly The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS: We followed a process that would be utterly foreign to the opposition: a merit-based process.