<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd">
  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2019-07-31" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="6873" />
  <endPage num="6951" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Liberal Party, Sexual Assault Allegations</name>
      <text id="2019073112b3670615034ff6b0000348">
        <heading>Liberal Party, Sexual Assault Allegations</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="question">
        <name>Mr MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Croydon</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-07-31">
            <name>Liberal Party, Sexual Assault Allegations</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2019-07-31T14:05:36" />
        <text id="2019073112b3670615034ff6b0000349">
          <timeStamp time="2019-07-31T14:05:36" />
          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:05):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier assure the house that the alleged assailant of Ms Chelsey Potter has never been in the employment of the South Australian Liberal Party opposition or the South Australian Liberal government?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-07-31">
            <name>Liberal Party, Sexual Assault Allegations</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2019-07-31T14:05:55" />
        <text id="2019073112b3670615034ff6b0000350">
          <timeStamp time="2019-07-31T14:05:55" />
          <by role="member" id="1804">The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General) (14:05):</by>  Can I give this assurance to the house—that in the event that anyone in the workplaces of our offices is in any way assaulted or has misconduct appropriated towards them, they will have the support of myself and this government to ensure that, firstly, they have all of the redress of support of the available facilities to them and that, secondly, if appropriate, they be assisted to refer the matter to the police and/or an appropriate authority, such as the Equal Opportunity Commission.</text>
        <text id="2019073112b3670615034ff6b0000351">I make this commitment to the parliament—that in any circumstance such as that, if any of the members of this house feel in any way that a member of their staff was placed in this position and they need assistance or guidance as to where the matter be referred to, I will personally have my door open to assist them in that regard.</text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>