House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Brand South Australia Brand South Australia Mr MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Leader of the Opposition Brand South Australia Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:33): My question is to the Premier. When the Premier's Chief Executive of DPC informed Mr Peter Joy that Brand SA's funding was cut, did he do so with the Premier's approval? The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Premier Brand South Australia The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:33): I genuinely believe we have canvassed this issue in plenty of detail. There are assertions which have been made in the parliament today which I don't necessarily agree with. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: There has been an assertion today by the member for West Torrens— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Kaurna, Member for Lee and the member for Ramsay, if I see anyone flash what I think is a prop, they will be departing the chamber immediately. Mr Picton House of Assembly Mr Picton: A piece of paper? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Yes, props. The Hon. S.C. Mullighan House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. Mullighan: I don't know what you did at uni, but that's no prop. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Yes. The Premier has the call. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: There is an assertion which has been made in the parliament today by the member for West Torrens that there was a decision made and conveyed to Brand SA on a certain date. I have no knowledge of that, so I am happy to go and discuss that with my department, and if there is anything that I need to come back with and update the house on then I will do so. But I hope the assertion made by the member for West Torrens is accurate, otherwise he may have misled the parliament. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order: I ask the Premier to withdraw and apologise for that last assertion. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: If the Premier or anyone else starts to say that someone may have or may not have misled the parliament, we are on ground that I don't think we want to get into for the dignity of the house. So I ask members not to put those kinds of remarks on the record. Would the Premier like to withdraw just that final statement? The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Happy to withdraw, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Thank you. The Leader of the Opposition has the call.