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Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:07): My question is to the Premier. Did the Premier give consent to the Liberal Party of South Australia to spend tens of thousands of dollars to sponsor ads on the Premier's Facebook page to encourage people to 'Sign up for official government information regarding COVID-19 recovery' and, specifically, ‘the vaccine rollout'?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:07): We are very proud of the information that we have provided to the people of South Australia, in particular with regard to the vaccine rollout in South Australia.

What I can say is that the Liberal Party, of course, is working with the government to send those very important messages to the people of South Australia. It's a pity that the Labor Party wasn't doing the same thing. What we know about the money that the Labor Party has spent—taxpayer dollars—is that they actually had radio advertisements signed off by Reggie Martin using taxpayer dollars with Labor Party advertisements.

That's what the Leader of the Opposition was spending the taxpayer dollars on out of his Leader of the Opposition's budget. It was absolutely disgraceful. Of course, we know that the Leader of the Opposition—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Playford!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —has been very embarrassed recently having to withdraw comments that he made—the misleading information he provided to the people of South Australia.

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

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It's the same point of order as the previous one I raised: standing order 98, debate.

The SPEAKER: Well, debate and relevance. The question in this case was specific. The Premier in his answer has been providing what I interpret to be some comparative observations. The Premier will direct his answer to the substance of the question. The Premier has the call. The Premier has concluded his answer.