Government Expenditure

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:32): I have a supplementary arising out of the Premier's response. Will the Premier now release his expenses from his time as the leader of the opposition?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:33): No, that wasn't the practice at the time.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Premier, please be seated for one moment. The member for Playford can leave for 30 minutes under 137A. He was on two warnings, and I believe he may have led that cacophony.

The honourable member for Playford having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It wasn't the practice in the house. We complied with all the guidelines that were laid down by the previous government.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: We operated within the extraordinarily slim window of expenses that the previous government saw fit.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my right are called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I will give the opposition some credit because just before the last election they did increase the amount of money paid to the leader of the opposition's office and they did refurbish the leader of the opposition's office.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It's true!

The SPEAKER: This shouting will stop or members will be departing the chamber. The Minister for Child Protection is called to order for her interjection and the member for Wright is warned. Is the Premier finished?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: The opposition is correct: it was called for because the arrangements, in terms of the money that was going to the opposition leader's office and the condition of the offices, were not suitable. All I was commenting on was the timing.

The Hon. V.A. Chapman: Just before—that's right.

The SPEAKER: The Deputy Premier is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: They had 16 years to increase that amount and they had 16 years to improve the standard of the offices for the opposition leader, but they only chose to do it in the lead-up to the 2018 election.