House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Fruit Fly Fruit Fly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Fruit Fly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:38): My question is to the Minister for Primary Industries. Can the minister advise the house who released information so that The Advertiser could publish an article on the Friday before the week the schools went back, advising the changed arrangements for the management of fruit in school lunch boxes? The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Point of order, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Lee will resume his seat. The Minister for Energy and Mining rises on a point of order. The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Yes, standing order 97. It's a ridiculous question involving an enormous amount of argument, Mr Speaker. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Minister, I don't require the editorial. I uphold the point of order. I will give the member for Lee an opportunity to rephrase the question. I remind all members of the stipulations of standing order 97. Does the member for Lee seek the call? The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Primary Industries. Did the minister's office or his department provide any information to The Advertiser? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain my question. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Leave is sought; is leave— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Minister for Energy and Mining will cease interjecting. The Minister for Energy and Mining is warned. Leave is sought; is leave granted? Leave granted. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: The Friday before school was due to return across the state, an article appeared in the Adelaide Advertiser quoting sources from the primary industries department about changed arrangements for the transport of fruit across the state, in particular drawing attention to changed arrangements for school lunch boxes. The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM House of Assembly Finniss Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM (Finniss—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development) (14:40): I thank the member for the question. I am not responsible for the way the reporter may choose to write their article. The issue is that it was very much made clear to The Advertiser reporter that we were— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM House of Assembly The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM: —requiring people not to take their fruit off their property, as had been in place for many years. We were just reinforcing the issue in response to an inquiry from TheAdvertiser, so the interpretation of TheAdvertiser in their story is what they wrote.