Member for Waite

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (15:16): I do, sir. My question is to the Premier. How can the Premier commit to South Australians to making a determination regarding the member for Waite's actions if he cannot be certain he will even receive a copy of the private investigator's report?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:16): With the process that is underway at the moment there will be a report and it will go to the Speaker. I will certainly be seeking from the Speaker a briefing on the material from that. I think that is in order. I am ultimately responsible for my side of the house, and if there are allegations over and above what have been provided in the public domain then I think that I should. It will be up to the Speaker to determine whether or not that is indeed what he would like to do. He is ultimately in charge of this chamber and he has the responsibility for this matter. Again, I repeat to this house that I think the Speaker has taken the appropriate action—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It may be a scoff from the Leader of the Opposition, but I make this point, and I make this point again, this is exactly—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my left, order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —and precisely the procedure that was put in place by those opposite. So how can those opposite actually condemn a process—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my left!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —which they actually used on numerous occasions when there were accusations of bullying and harassment against their own members?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Against their own members, sir. That is exactly and precisely what was put in place by the previous government—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my left!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: We seem to have hit a bit of a nerve, sir, a bit of a raw nerve. Who were the people who were accused? What was the process?

The SPEAKER: The Premier—

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Did they actually table that investigation for everybody to have a look at—

The SPEAKER: The Premier will be seated.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I never once saw those opposite tabling—

The SPEAKER: The Premier—

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Not once did I see those opposite tabling a response to an investigation into one of their own members. Maybe the Leader of the Opposition, if he feels so strongly—

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Lee!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I know you're doing your audition, but the reality is—

The SPEAKER: I ask the Premier to be seated. If that level of interjection continues members will be leaving and will potentially be named.