Members, Accommodation Allowances

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:25): My question is to the Premier. What penalty has the Premier imposed on his ministers for taking tens of thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money they were not entitled to?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order: standing order 97. That question contained argument, claimed fact.

The SPEAKER: Point of order on the point of order.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: These are not arguments: these are established facts laid before the house yesterday.

The SPEAKER: There was certainly a characterisation of that, and I do believe that it did offend the standing orders, so I am going to rule that way, but I will allow the member for West Torrens to perhaps come up with another question.