Adelaide Convention Centre Gala Dinner

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:53): My question is to the Premier. Did any state government agency, board or authority purchase any tickets to the Hon. Jing Lee 10-year anniversary dinner?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:54): I've got a busy job as the Premier of South Australia. I am not actually the ticket salesman for a Liberal Party event. Again, I think this goes to a great indication of what went on in that former Labor government. Of course, I have no knowledge of—

Mr Odenwalder interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Elizabeth is warned!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —the specifics of who attended. I've got no information that would suggest that that is the case. But it is interesting that they have run out of questions. Obviously, it was a late night last night. Not all of them were in the chamber; in fact, very few of them were in the chamber at some points in time and—

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order, sir.

The SPEAKER: The Premier will resume his seat. The member for West Torrens on a point of order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: The Premier is now reflecting on who was in the house during a debate of the same session of the parliament. It is disorderly, sir.

The SPEAKER: I uphold the point of order. The Premier will not reflect on the presence of members in the chamber.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Whether people are in the chamber or not in the chamber, I am sure they are all paying attention to the debates. It does give them an opportunity, when we are sitting here late, to maybe write some questions. Maybe what they did last night during those long hours, right through to 1.30 in the morning was to sit down and read Hansard—I took a flick through it myself—because it seems that the line of questioning that the member for West Torrens has today is exactly the same as they had in the Legislative Council yesterday. This is the problem: they've got everybody out at fake rallies—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: They've got everybody in the office out at fake rallies—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —and nobody is writing the questions. Nobody is writing the questions except for the Hon. Russell Wortley. So Russell Wortley is now running the question time strategy down here. I think the Leader of the Opposition is in safe hands.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Before I call the member for West Torrens, I warn the Minister for Innovation and Skills.