House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Grievance Debate Question Time Question Time The Hon. D.G. PISONI House of Assembly Unley Minister for Innovation and Skills The Hon. D.G. PISONI (Unley—Minister for Innovation and Skills) (15:25): I am speaking in this spot with the courtesy of the member for Mount Gambier, and I thank him very much for his flexibility in allowing me to do this. Earlier, during question time, the member for Mawson asked for leave and I refused that leave, which was my misunderstanding of the arrangements that were— The Hon. A. Koutsantonis House of Assembly The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Rubbish! The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, member for West Torrens! The Hon. D.G. PISONI House of Assembly The Hon. D.G. PISONI: —negotiated with the opposition. I did attempt, with the leave of the house, to make a personal explanation after question time and was not able to do that. The Hon. A. Koutsantonis House of Assembly The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: So why did you withdraw leave? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens, please. The Hon. D.G. PISONI House of Assembly The Hon. D.G. PISONI: I thought I would use this opportunity, this five minutes that has been allocated for the grievance debate, to apologise to you, sir, for embarrassing you— The Hon. A. Koutsantonis House of Assembly The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: I got thrown out. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. D.G. PISONI House of Assembly The Hon. D.G. PISONI: —to apologise to the member for West Torrens, to apologise to the member for Mawson and to apologise to the Minister for Transport for misunderstanding the new— The Hon. A. Piccolo House of Assembly The Hon. A. Piccolo: You should apologise to your whole party. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Light! The Hon. D.G. PISONI House of Assembly The Hon. D.G. PISONI: —arrangements that have been negotiated with the opposition since the proroguing of the house. I wanted to make that clear because I am certainly not a person of malice and I am certainly very much a team player. Had I obviously not misunderstood the terms of the agreement then I would not have withheld or withdrawn leave for the member for Mawson. Again, I know that it has been a very difficult time for the member for Mawson and I share the grief that he is experiencing as the member responsible for Kangaroo Island. I feel that I have embarrassed him and I apologise for doing so.