International Artist Day

Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (17:37): I move:

That this house—

(a) acknowledges the international day of the artist on 25 October;

(b) acknowledges the vital role that artists and arts organisations play in our society and economy and in shaping our state identity; and

(c) recognises the detrimental effect of the Marshall Liberal government budget cuts on the arts sector in South Australia.

I rise today to celebrate the international day of the artist, which was held worldwide on 25 October. For many artists, their working life can be a struggle artistically but particularly economically, with arts workers earning an average of just $43,000 a year. This year, as the world battles COVID, that struggle is especially acute. The arts have been among the worst hit professions in the world, and that includes in Australia and right here at home in South Australia. Many creatives have been underemployed or lost their jobs entirely. Others have had to expend their limited savings to establish new ways of making a living from their creativity.

COVID has also highlighted, not just for arts devotees but also for those who might not consider themselves avid arts consumers, the true and uplifting value of artistic expression. That has manifested itself in many ways, from the creative displays we have seen on front fences as children draw and paint their way through lockdown to the online musical and theatre offerings we have soaked up as crowd limits were imposed and venues forced to close. For the artists themselves, professional training and rehearsals have gone online.

Overseas, we have seen heartwarming displays of community unity, as tenors in Italy sing from apartment blocks, choir performances are constructed from a distance via recording and clever editing to our television talk shows being hosted from the very famous hosts' own sheds or backyards. There is no doubt lockdown has enabled artists time to create and an explosion of new work is now starting to make its way into the public arena, at least in places that are getting back to business, such as South Australia; though it is important to remember that not all of this work has been remunerated.

There are performances like Australian Dance Theatre's show, The World's Smallest Stage, which I was lucky to see a few weeks ago, which featured a dozen or so vignette performances within a confined elevated stage space of maybe three metres by three metres, much like you would have in your own lounge room. Each was created at home under lockdown. There was quite a diversity of performances, but each one of them was thrilling for the audiences, and of course we all loved being back in a theatre and being able to absorb the talents of our fellow residents.

In times like COVID, we have seen downloads of music, movies and TV shows reach new highs. There has been a huge demand for arts at the same time as its creation and performance has been so challenged. Of course, artists are used to being resilient, inventive and resourceful, but the pressure this time around has been quite extreme and our artists should be commended for their perseverance not only for their own livelihoods but for the light that they have brought to each of our lives at this dark time.

When there are disasters in the world, for example last summer's bushfires, it is often artists who step up. They run fundraising concerts and free exhibitions and some comedians even raise millions of dollars via Instagram. It does beg the question now in their hour of need: who is stepping up for the artists?

This week, NAIDOC Week, I would like to mention the contribution of Aboriginal artists. Certainly, in South Australia, the contribution First Nations artists make well exceeds their population. Of course, there are too many First Nations artists to name and to commend and all of them do deserve particular congratulations on creating their art in the particularly difficult circumstances we have found, particularly those in remote areas, but I would like to highlight a bloke who has had an absolutely stellar year.

Vincent Namatjira has been a star for some time here in South Australia, scooping up the Ramsay Prize last year. This year, despite all of the challenges, he scored the peak national artistic prize, the Archibald. He is an artistic gem, of course, but also an inspiration to people of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal background. His work is provocative and challenging and I think greatly contributes to our national history, our sense of identity and the ultimate goal of reconciliation. His work is absolutely confronting, but it is incredibly important.

I was thrilled to catch up with Vincent at his APY lands' art centre in August, when I visited a number of art centres on the lands. I warmly commend him, his family and his community for his artistic achievement and the quiet yet powerful contribution he makes to our lives.

Briefly, on art centres, it was a joy to be able to be in communities across August when I visited the APY lands specifically to look at the work of art centres. I am very grateful for a great number of artists and art centre managers spending some time with me and inviting me into their workspace and their communities so that I could see what really goes on and the work that they are doing.

On days I was in the art centres, it was apparent that they are not just art centres: they are health clinics, social hubs, drop-off points, economic drivers and even counselling services, and they also provide world-famous art. We do need to do more to support them. I would like to acknowledge Ku Arts, APY Collective and the Art Gallery of South Australia; they are doing such magnificent work with those art centres to bring their art to us here in Adelaide and right across Australia and the world.

The third part of my motion is about the lack of funding support for the arts in the last few years under the Marshall Liberal government. Over the previous two budgets, we saw $31.9 million axed over four years in the Liberals' first budget, followed by cuts totalling $5.4 million in last year's budget. In a sector that is not flush with funds, that is a lot and it certainly has hurt. Our major arts organisations—and our little ones, too—have struggled to meet those aggressive savings targets.

The abolition of Arts SA is a shame and a stain on this government's commitment to the arts. I cannot tell you how many artists and arts workers have raised this with me. Splitting up the sector between three different agencies has also caused disruption and I have certainly received a lot of negative comments from artists, organisations and arts workers about the necessity for this and the difficulty they now face communicating with government.

I believe the cuts have made the impact of the coronavirus all the more harsh, with no buffer to absorb the sudden shock to the sector. The arts and entertainment sector has been decimated by the coronavirus restrictions, with thousands left jobless and a full recovery expected to take years. ABS data revealed that the arts sector is the second hardest hit sector after food and accommodation, with a 27 per cent drop in jobs since the crisis hit. The Grattan Institute also released a report finding that up to 75 per cent of arts workers nationally would lose their jobs during the crisis.

Arts companies were forced to shut to comply with group gathering limits, social distancing requirements and domestic and international travel restrictions. While we are seeing some aspects of our arts economy getting back on track—and we commend our health workers for the amazing work they are doing on that front—many, including our Mad March events, are still severely restricted and there remains a big question mark over what March will look like in the arts sector.

One cannot help but think that if greater investment was made rather than cuts in the past two budgets, our sector might have proven more resilient and better able to cope and recover. The Arts Industry Council of South Australia called for a $10 million injection of funds from this government in response to COVID very early on. In June, in front of the Budget and Finance Committee, the Arts Industry Council chair reported the dire impact on the state's arts sector. We heard that one in three arts and recreation workers had lost their jobs since 14 March, job losses increased in May rather than reducing, and South Australia had the highest percentage of arts jobs and wage loss in the nation.

In June, the alarm bells were ringing loud and clear, yet the rescue package to the required bare minimum of $10 million took a lot longer than that. That funding was very slow coming and there are questions about how much of the promised funding has actually hit the hip pockets of artists so far. Gallingly, the Premier, who is also the arts minister, failed to fight for unemployed arts workers to join the federal JobKeeper scheme or offer any similar state-based income support as other states did. Put simply, when those arts workers needed support the most, the Liberals let them down by excluding them from the JobKeeper scheme and delaying support.

We know that the arts is a major economic driver in this state. About 16,000 people are or were employed in the sector and it drives millions of dollars into our state coffers. The 2019 Deloitte Access Economics report on the economic contribution of screen, music and craft shows that in value-added terms every dollar of direct activity supports another dollar indirectly in other industries. The creative industries cluster contributed a total of $285 million in value added to the South Australian economy in 2017-18 and in total supported more than 3,600 jobs or full-time equivalents.

The direct economic contribution in 2017-18 was almost $154 million, with some 2,300 FTEs across the industry, while the indirect economic contribution totalled $131 million and some 1,200 jobs. On these figures, that means that every two jobs in the creative sector supports a job in another industry elsewhere in the South Australian economy. The music sector comprises the largest share of the creative industries cluster, contributing $170 million in value added and some 2,300 FTEs in the 2017-18 year.

I recently spoke in this place about the contribution of the screen production sector to our state. In real terms, the sector contributed $120 million and we know that there is potential for this to grow. While game development and craft represent smaller sectors, they are sectors that have the capacity for significant growth.

The Marshall Liberal government must take advantage of the opportunity and fight for South Australia's share of a $400 million incentive scheme to attract blockbuster film productions to Australian locations. The federal government claims 8,000 short and long term jobs will be created—jobs that are desperately needed in South Australia as we hit high unemployment.

I would like to take a moment to reflect briefly on some initial thoughts in regard to the budget, which of course was only released yesterday, and I will be looking at it further and making a further contribution to this place once we get across the detail. However, I was encouraged to see the expansion of the post-production rebate program which of course started under the previous Labor government.

There have been a number of productions both under that previous government and under this one that have taken advantage of that, and that is certainly to be commended. In the budget announced yesterday was an expansion of that program to the video game sector, albeit only for two years; however, I think that is to be encouraged and something I hope we will see outcomes from, particularly job creation, in the next year or two.

There was also additional funding for the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre and obviously we welcome that. The reason we welcome that is that for quite some time, Labor has been saying that that project is underfunded and that it absolutely needed a revision up. If we look at similar projects interstate, some of them have price tags up to $400 million.

If we are really talking about a landmark venue that is a tourist attraction of national quality (albeit not being called 'national') then $150 million was always looking a little on the shy side. We of course await being able to see the final business case. It may be the case that further funds are required in order to ensure that we have a truly outstanding facility that reflects what we want here in South Australia but is also a drawcard for people nationally and also internationally.

The final point I would make is that we have long heard, since last year, about a creative industries strategy. This creative industries strategy was meant to be released earlier this year but appears to have stalled right when struggling creatives most need support and investment. Surely this long-awaited plan should provide state-level financial stimulus for the struggling sector immediately.

The Hon. S.S. Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Badcoe has the call.

Ms STINSON: Well, gee, it got a lot of attention, didn't it? It got a lot of attention. That's crazy. We have been told for months—

The Hon. S.S. Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier will cease interjecting.

Ms STINSON: Yes, thanks. It seems clear that there is no significant budget investment along with the creative industries sector—so fantastic was it that no-one even noticed that it was released. I look forward to seeing what is being put forward for the creative industries sector at this time when they most need government support.

Time expired.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (17:53): I move to amend the motion as follows:

Delete all words in paragraph (c) and insert the following words in lieu thereof:

(c) recognises the significant stimulus measures announced by the Marshall Liberal government to support recovery of South Australia's arts and culture sector.

As has been pointed out, International Artist Day is held on 25 October each year and this is a tremendous opportunity for us to recognise the wonderful artists that we have here in South Australia in what can only be described as a very, very difficult year. It is been a difficult year for many people struggling with the coronavirus but probably none more so than our artists in Australia. We are not immune from that in South Australia despite the fact that we have done extraordinarily well in tackling the coronavirus and we have had, if you like, lower level restrictions than many other parts of the country and other parts of the world.

Our artists have been significantly hit, especially in the early days, and I am talking about April, May and June. In that period of time we initially put out our immediate response to support artists in particular—$1.5 million. When we put that grant funding round out we were overwhelmed with applications, and we were very pleased to extend that out to $2.9 million as our initial COVID stimulus for the sector.

We then set about talking to the sector about what types of support they needed on a longer term basis, and we were very pleased to receive extraordinary input from the sector, in particular the Arts Industry Council of South Australia. I would like to genuinely thank them for the input that the entire sector had to our plan. There was also the advocacy work of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). Both those organisations had input. We then released our plan: the $10.2 million arts recovery package. I think that this was the best, most focused package that exists anywhere in the country, and I genuinely want to thank people for that work. Our artists are extraordinary in South Australia.

The shadow minister told us about her recent visit to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands. In particular, she spoke about the art centres there. We have been very pleased to provide significant additional funding to make very important repairs to those art centres. Most recently, I visited Tjala Arts in Amata. I had been to Ernabella Arts in Pukatja, Iwantja Arts in Indulkana and Kaltjiti Arts in Fregon. I met with some of the most fantastically talented artists that exist anywhere on this planet. They were operating out of a very deplorable standard of studios left to us by the previous government.

In this most recent year that has just passed, we put $200,000 into Iwantja Arts, $51,000 into Kaltjiti Arts, $88,000 into Tjala Arts, $53,000 into the Mimili Maku Arts centre, and then we also put a further $60,000 into Ernabella Arts and $150,000 into Ninuku Arts, and funding for a further second project in both of those: $70,000 for new kilns at Ernabella Arts for the fabulous ceramicist there and new amenities in Ninuku Arts. It took that total contribution to $880,000 worth of new amenity on the APY lands to support those artists, to bring non-welfare money onto the lands but, most importantly, to celebrate their wonderful culture, their 65,000 years of stories and songlines that they are sharing with the world. For that we are very grateful, but the good news does not stop there, sir.

As you would be aware, the budget came down yesterday and we have addressed a longstanding issue left idle by the former government over an extended period of time, and that is the proper appropriate storage of the treasures of our institutions in South Australia. We put in place $86.5 million over the next five years to build a state-of-the-art facility and to transfer some of these absolutely irreplaceable priceless treasures that we have in our collections, whether it be our collections in the Art Gallery of South Australia, the State Library, the History Trust or, of course, the wonderful South Australian Museum.

We put $2.3 million into country theatre upgrades. I know the member for Chaffey is very pleased because the Chaffey Theatre in Renmark has been given the go-ahead for an upgrade, as has the Varcoe Foundry building adjacent to the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre in Mount Gambier—two very important projects. I would like to commend the member for Chaffey and also the member for Mount Gambier for their advocacy for country arts and upgrading the facilities that we inherited from the previous government.

We have also put $31.2 million into the public realm works for the Festival Plaza. The previous government did half the job. They fixed up some of the interior to the building; we are now having to go back and retrofit some of that. Most importantly, you need to have that environment around so we put another $31.2 million in to do that properly, and work is well underway in that space. In addition to that, we put in another $50 million for the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre. This will be a world-significant facility that will showcase the wonderful achievements, the culture, the history of Aboriginal Australians. This will certainly be quite spectacular.

There are many, many things that I could talk about with regard to our fabulous artists. One thing that gladdens my heart is the ability that these organisations have had to pivot in these difficult times to develop new product, to develop collaborations, which we love, and now of course we are seeing the fruits of that work during this difficult period with productions, with almost universally sold-out performances, whether it be the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; Patch Theatre; the Adelaide Film Festival; Restless, with their 34 sold-out productions at the Art Gallery of South Australia; the Australian String Quartet at Ukaria; Slingsby's performances; Gaslight's performance; or the Tarnanthi exhibition, which is currently underway at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

We thank, we honour, we recognise the artists in South Australia. We know that this has been a difficult year. They have had the support of this government, and they will continue to have that support well into the future.

Sitting suspended from 18:00 to 19:30.

Mrs POWER (Elder) (19:30): I rise today to support the amended motion:

That this house—

(a) acknowledges the international day of the artist on 25 October;

(b) acknowledges the vital role that artists and arts organisations play in our society and economy and in shaping our state identity; and

(c) recognises the significant stimulus measures announced by the Marshall Liberal government to support recovery of South Australia's arts and culture sector.

International Artist Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work and contribution of local artists and the impact art and culture has on our communities on so many different levels. From street art to local exhibitions, to statues and sculptures we see every day, to a huge array of performance artists so widely celebrated and enjoyed during the Fringe Festival every year, our art and artists make our state wonderful and worthy of its title the Festival State.

Art can have such an impact on our life, whether it brings us pleasure, meaning, confronts us or empowers us to see a reflection of life in ways other than our own. Personally, I have enjoyed supporting a number of local artists and businesses in my electorate. I would like to take a moment to commend Bond and Lane, a fantastic cafe in Colonel Light Gardens, which goes the extra mile to support artists and strengthen our community by hosting a number of art workshops.

Lou and Molly and the incredible team at Bond and Lane have hosted a Watercolour with Wine workshop with the incredible Nicole Black. Nicole Black is an amazing watercolour artist who has done a number of community murals, working in partnership with local government. In fact, if you visit Bond and Lane today, you will see a beautiful mural painted by the wonderful Nicole Black displayed on the wall to the left as you enter.

I also recently attended a workshop at Bond and Lane cafe, which was about bringing people together to learn new skills and create great ceramics. It was a gift for my husband. He loved it as much as I did. The workshop was led by Fruzi, an Adelaide-based artist best known for her quirky portraits on wood, but she also teaches ceramic and illustration workshops. Bond and Lane is just one of the many cafes in my wonderful electorate that is supporting local artists. I would like to also acknowledge Local Crowd, The Pantry and a number of cafes that support local artists by displaying their art and making it available for sale.

Like the arts, so many sectors have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that art brings people together but, unfortunately, the restrictions we had to have in place to keep South Australians safe have made bringing people together to share and enjoy art very difficult. Obviously, and rightly so, keeping South Australia safe and strong is a priority of the Marshall Liberal government. While the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt, we want to see a thriving arts sector. We are supporting it to be the thriving arts sector that it deserves to be.

In the 2020 state budget, released yesterday here in this place by the incredible Treasurer, our Marshall Liberal government is investing significant stimulus measures to support the arts sector to restart and recover. Mr Speaker, as you would already be aware, this includes $10.2 million for an Arts Recovery Fund. This will provide grants of up to $20,000 for individuals and $100,000 for groups and organisations. This funding is specifically focused on creating employment for professional practising artists through collaboration and partnership between artist and art organisations, theatre and festival reopening and digital innovation.

The budget also saw an investment of $5.4 million over two years for the Post-Production Digital and Visual Effects Rebate scheme. I believe that earlier the opposition was complimenting the work we are doing there. As they are aware, this helps to drive investment in the South Australian sector and support job creation. It also enables us to expand the scheme arranged by the South Australian Film Corporation to include video game development. We are also investing an additional $50 million to bring total funding to $200 million for the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre at Lot Fourteen. Earlier today, the Premier had quite a bit to say on this, and I thank him for his vision around Lot Fourteen and his commitment to the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre and the Aboriginal arts more broadly.

This financial year, $2.3 million will also be spent in country theatre upgrades because we, on this side of the house, know that #RegionsMatter. We are supporting local arts and theatre in our regional areas as well. This includes $1.5 million to complete the upgrade of the Chaffey Theatre in Renmark and $800,000 for the conversion of a building space adjacent to the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre in Mount Gambier so that it can be transformed into a thriving artist hub and a flexible performance space, which we know is really important.

Of course, there is $31.2 million over four years for the public realm works as part of the Festival Plaza upgrade occurring at the moment for a range of works around the Festival Centre and Parliament House, bringing the total Festival Plaza works to $214 million. This Festival Plaza upgrade will make this South Australian venue even more attractive for hosting art and cultural events and is a proud symbol of our arts sector and South Australia being the festival state.

These are just some of the ways that the Marshall Liberal government's significant stimulus measures will support recovery of South Australia's arts and cultural sector. To all our artists out there, our local artists, our recognised and world-renowned artists, to all of them I say a massive thankyou for all you do in inspiring us, challenging us, making our lives better, making our state better. You have such an important role to play in the fabric of our society and making sure that that fabric is one that is colourful and rich. To all of you, thank you. It has been a difficult time. The Marshall Liberal government has your back and we look forward to supporting you to do what you love and to do what you do best.

Mr McBRIDE (MacKillop) (19:37): I rise today to support the amended motion put to this house by the Premier:

That this house—

(a) acknowledges the international day of the artist on 25 October;

(b) acknowledges the vital role that artists and arts organisations play in our society, economy and in shaping our state identity; and

(c) recognises the significant stimulus measures announced by the Marshall Liberal government to support recovery of South Australia's arts and culture sector.

I thank the member for Badcoe for highlighting the international day of the artist and providing the opportunity to highlight the importance of arts to our state, its economy and the investment of the Marshall Liberal government in the arts sector.

The arts is a sector in much need of relief as a result of the current COVID-19 health crisis. Many sectors have been hit hard by the COVID-19 health crisis and the necessary restrictions that have been required across the community, business and industry sectors of our state. The impacts have been significant in the arts and culture sectors. They, like those in the tourism and hospitality sectors, have been hit hard.

It is apt that we take time to reflect on international artists day, held on 25 October each year. The day, founded by Chris MacClure in 2004, is a chance to celebrate the work and contribution of local artists and the impact of art and culture on our society. When considering my contribution to this motion, I think the importance of arts and culture to our society was well put in the Tatiara District Council's Tatiara Cultural Plan 2020-21, where they state:

Building our cultural vitality enhances our quality of life, our well-being, our resilience, our connection to our community and makes a significant contribution to the sustainability of our society.

The period of time we are currently facing is one when we should be looking to the wellbeing and resilience of our communities. The arts in South Australia are celebrated across the state—in Adelaide, in our regional centres and in our small regional communities. Our communities all have a need and, rightly, should have the opportunity to access and experience the richness and diversity of arts and culture. The arts are important for our lives and our wellbeing, and can also be important attractions and events that generate and support local and regional visitation, economic activity, and social activity that connects people.

Despite the pandemic and the pressures that has brought, this year the arts sector, like many other sectors, has shown an ability to pivot and to deliver things in a different way and a safe way. The traditional South Australian Living Arts Festival (SALA), held annually in August, was able to proceed this year, albeit in a modified format, with artists and communities delivering smaller, onsite exhibitions, presentations, podcasts and gallery walk-throughs in an online format.

In the MacKillop electorate, we are fortunate to have a lively and vibrant arts sector that both celebrates our local artists and attracts exhibitions and artists from across the state and, more widely, Australia. The Walkway Gallery in Bordertown is just one of our galleries that works closely with Country Arts SA to provide art and cultural experiences for the community of the Tatiara area, the travelling public and the Limestone Coast more broadly.

The history of the gallery is that it was founded because of demand by the community. When the council chambers were renovated almost 10 years ago, the Tatiara District Council was petitioned by the community to include space for a gallery. It is a professional standard gallery, and that has enabled it to be the first regional gallery to exhibit the work of Ben Quilty from the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2016. A beneficial partnership with Country Arts SA has enabled linkages to the Art Gallery of South Australia and has supported making this art accessible to our regional community, when once it was accessible only to those who visited the city.

The Walkway Gallery has an impressive patronage, with annual visitation figures as high as 30,000 people. This patronage is impressive, given that the population of the council area is just over 6½ thousand people, or 6,700. COVID-19, and in particular the border closure and its impact on through traffic from Melbourne, has had a significant impact on the gallery. During this period this gallery, too, has pivoted to encourage the regions' youth into art through operating workshops for local artists and using the gallery as an impressive display space for their work.

There are other successful art stories from my electorate, with Naracoorte Art Gallery also boasting an enviable art collection. Last year, the gallery partnered with the Naracoorte Caves to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of a megafauna discovery in the caves. This partnership enabled the Naracoorte Art Prize to be delivered, which included a $10,000 prize judged by an international panel of judges. More recently, the gallery helped our region's young artists celebrate SALA through conducting a competition and exhibition celebrating students of the Limestone Coast.

The Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival is yet another event that celebrates art in the electorate. The festival has a long, proud history, and is well supported by local business and local wineries, with its annual May program envied by many regions. The festival started 29 years ago, in its earliest form, and shines a light on the arts and attracts families, local businesses, the old and the young. A key feature of the festival is the awarding of the John Shaw Neilson Art Acquisition Prize. This annual award, named after Penola's famous poet, is open to all emerging and established artists throughout Australia, with entries required to be inspired by the works of John Shaw Neilson.

I am aware that the committee is committed to working towards the 2021 Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival and I, like many in the community, look forward to the fun and vibrancy of the return of this event in 2021. Of course, there are many other galleries across the electorate that are important hosts to many and varied local forms of art, from Millicent to Robe and Penola in the seat of MacKillop.

To give a little bit of history and a sense of what local regions and towns can do is the example of the town of Walcha in New South Wales. I had the opportunity of living in Armidale for 2½ years, and Walcha is a little country town based mainly on livestock, sheep and cattle that is really a service town of the New England tablelands. Back in 2004, it was turning into what could be called an art town for those living in Armidale (20,000 people) and Tamworth (about 50,000 people). Everything about the town was turning towards art. It was beyond its time in that sense, nearly 20-odd years ago.

It was a great example of public art invigorating a local community in the township. Walcha, according to its own narrative, is known as the public art capital of Australia. Silo art in regional South Australia has rejuvenated many small towns across our state. In MacKillop, this includes distinctive works on the Coonalpyn silos. Since the 2017 painting of these silos, many others have followed, from Cowell to Karoonda, Kimba to Tumby Bay, Waikerie to Wirrabara. That may sum it up. With that, I commend the amended motion to the house.

Debate adjourned.