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Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:18): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier assure the people of South Australia that none of the constituents who have contacted the Premier's office have ever had any of their data used by stevenmarshall.com.au or provided to the South Australian Liberal Party?

The Hon. S.S. Marshall: What was the first part of the question?

Mr MALINAUSKAS: I am happy to repeat the question.

The SPEAKER: The leader might repeat the question.

Mr MALINAUSKAS: Can the Premier assure the people of South Australia that none of the constituents who have contacted the Premier's office have ever had any of their data used by stevenmarshall.com.au or provided to the South Australian Liberal Party?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:19): I'm not really sure what the Leader of the Opposition is talking about. I think that—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I'm pretty sure that every single member in this house actually collects information when a constituent comes into their office. Quite frankly, I think that it would be pretty inappropriate if they didn't do that. We've got a responsibility to represent the people we are elected to serve, so taking notes in whatever form I think forms a fundamental part of what we are elected to do. It's a responsibility; in fact, I would go so far as to say it's a core responsibility to represent those people, whether they voted for us or not.

I would make the point though that the media interest in this has really been around whether or not there has been the redirecting of people who have accessed government websites to Liberal Party domains or websites—the answer to that is no—or whether or not there has been any data collected or retained—

Mr Brown interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Playford!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —and the answer to that is no.