Electric Vehicles

Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (14:52): My question is to the Minister for Energy and Mining. Can the minister please update the house on what action the Marshall Liberal government is taking to turbo-Tom charge the adoption of electric vehicles here in South Australia?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my right!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left! The member for Lee on a point of order.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It should be ruled out of order, Mr Speaker: it contains argument and debate—standing order 97.

The SPEAKER: I uphold the point of order.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I uphold the point of order.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the leader and the member for West Torrens!

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Deaf and stupid.

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens will leave again if he continues to interject. I uphold the point of order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order, sir: members opposite are throwing interjections at us constantly, and you only seem to point us out when we respond. That is unfair and biased.

The SPEAKER: Order! There is no point of order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Yes, I bet you there isn't.

The SPEAKER: The member will resume his seat. I uphold the point of order of the member for Lee. The member for Chaffey will have one opportunity to rephrase the question. The member for Chaffey has the call.

Mr WHETSTONE: Thank you, sir. My question is to the Minister for Energy and Mining. Can the minister please update the house on what action the Marshall Liberal government is taking to supercharge the adoption of electric vehicles in South Australia?

The SPEAKER: The member for Lee on a point of order.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Mr Speaker, the use of the term 'supercharge' once again offends standing order 97. How many times do we have to raise this for government-written Dorothy Dixers?

The SPEAKER: I uphold the point of order. I will move along. Is there a member seeking the call? The member for Lee.