Member for Chaffey

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:45): My question is to the Minister for Primary Industries. How much money does he owe the parliament?

The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE (Chaffey—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development) (14:45): I thank the member for his question. As a proud country member—member for Chaffey for 10 years now—I have truly represented a constituency that has needed representation in regional South Australia.

Recently, it was brought to all of our attention that there were questions around the country MPs' allowance and upon that I have asked my office to do a full audit on my claims over the 10-year period. They did that and I found administrative errors, which have now been corrected. I want to make very sure that I have reimbursed the parliament for those administrative errors and—

Mr Picton: How much?

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna is on two warnings.

The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE: —I take full responsibility. I apologise to the house, I apologise to the people of Chaffey and to South Australia for those errors. But what I will say is that all that information has now been provided to the parliament and it is now publicly available.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Kaurna can leave for the remainder of question time for shouting. He is on two warnings. We have the question and, when he leaves, we will get another from the member for West Torrens.

The honourable member for Kaurna having withdrawn from the chamber: