Treasury Portfolio

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (15:03): My question again is to the Premier. Can the Premier advise the house who in the state parliamentary Liberal Party will hold the Treasury portfolio after the state election?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:03): The person will be a member of the cabinet.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Hammond!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It will be a member of cabinet, sir.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: We are very well served at the moment in our cabinet by the Hon. Rob Lucas—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Police is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —who of course is the Father of the South Australian parliament. Some people might refer to him as the grandfather or the great, great, great grandfather. He has done an exceptional job, and I will have further comments to make about him tonight. One of the ways that we run our cabinet in South Australia under this government is for us to take a whole-of-cabinet approach so we don't have individual ministers who make decisions irrespective of the rest of the cabinet. This is particularly important with regard to Treasury.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Police is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: We have the Budget Cabinet Committee—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Minister for Police is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —where I think we have five cabinet ministers who sit around that Budget Cabinet Committee. They develop the budget. They develop the Mid-Year Budget Review. They develop all the cases for changes to the budget in South Australia, and that ultimately goes to cabinet. There is a process which is well in place.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Hurtle Vale is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It's not like we make unilateral decisions—

The SPEAKER: Premier, there is a point of order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —within the Treasury portfolio.

The SPEAKER: I will hear the point of order, Premier. Please be seated. Point of order, member for Lee.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Point of order. The question was quite specific: who will manage the Treasury portfolio for the state Liberals after the election?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: A member of cabinet, sir.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Minister for Police is called to order. We will make that announcement—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —on the other side of the election—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Schubert is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —but we have many people who are qualified and many people who are involved in Treasury—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Schubert!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —roles at the moment.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Chaffey!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!