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Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:20): A supplementary question to the Premier: can the Premier assure the people of South Australia that it is not the core business of the Premier's office to collect data and then transfer it to a Liberal Party entity?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:20): That is a ridiculous assertion. Of course we collect data for people who correspond with my office. I think last year we received 58,000 pieces of correspondence into my office, and I completely and utterly reject the assertions being made by members of the opposition. It's absolutely outrageous. I think it goes more to the thinking of those opposite.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It absolutely goes more to the thinking of those opposite. We have seen the disgraceful actions laid bare for the people of South Australia with Mr Picton in the campaign for Elder back in 2014 and the state secretary, Mr Reggie Martin, back in 2014—a person the Leader of the Opposition is backing to come into this place.

Both Mr Picton and Mr Martin actually presided over an overtly racist campaign against the candidate for Elder at the 2014 election. They might have thought that they had a great victory there. Actually, it was a disgrace. It has now been exposed for the disgrace that it was, yet still the Leader of the Opposition is backing Reggie Martin to come into this place. I think he's got a lot of explaining to do as to his position with regard to Mr Picton and Mr Martin and why they should continue to enjoy his favour. It seems to me completely out of context with the way the people of South Australia are thinking about these types of overtly racist campaigns.