House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time State Liberal Government State Liberal Government Mr MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Leader of the Opposition 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 House of Assembly Morialta Minister for Education State Liberal Government 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 House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER House of Assembly The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: —for us to contemplate such matters will be available to us in the period ahead. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: As entertaining as this is, if this level of interjections continues, members will be leaving today.