State Liberal Government

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:21): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier then rule out proroguing the parliament and resetting his government's agenda?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (14:21): Prorogation is a time-honoured tradition. It provides a wonderful opportunity for governments to introduce legislation that the parliament might think better of in the future, things that the people of South Australia want, things like rate capping of council rates, things like shop trading hours, which are very, very popular in the community. I'm sure that the opportunity—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: —for us to contemplate such matters will be available to us in the period ahead.

The SPEAKER: As entertaining as this is, if this level of interjections continues, members will be leaving today.