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  <date date="2022-05-05" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Matter of Privilege</name>
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      <heading>Matter of Privilege</heading>
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      <name>Matter of Privilege</name>
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        <heading>Matter of Privilege</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5381" kind="speech">
        <name>Mr TEAGUE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Heysen</electorate>
        <startTime time="2022-05-05T11:00:54" />
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          <by role="member" id="5381">Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (11:00):</by>  Mr Speaker, I raise a matter of privilege. Yesterday in question time the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport stated, in answer to a question from me regarding the Ombudsman's report tabled on Tuesday as to whether he would withdraw his allegation of corruption, that:</text>
        <text id="2022050589fdb6527bdc43fc90000008">
          <inserted>I don't think I ever made an accusation of corruption. I might have asked the question, but I don't think I ever said the member was corrupt. I would not do that, even with privilege.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="2022050589fdb6527bdc43fc90000009">This is in contrast to <term>Hansard</term> on 25 August 2021, when the member for West Torrens raised, himself, a matter of privilege in which he alleged corruption against the Deputy Premier. Again, I quote:</text>
        <text id="2022050589fdb6527bdc43fc90000010">
          <inserted>Sir, I ask you to examine the questions and the explanations inserted into <term>Hansard</term> by the member for Enfield and the answers given to questions by the Deputy Premier to the estimates committee to determine whether a prima facie case exists to establish a privileges committee to investigate whether the Attorney-General deliberately and intentionally misled the Parliament of South Australia to cover up her corruption.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="2022050589fdb6527bdc43fc90000011">The then Deputy Premier asked the Deputy Speaker—I was absent: I had had a mishap a couple of days prior—to ask the member for West Torrens to withdraw and apologise. The member for West Torrens interjected, saying:</text>
        <text id="2022050589fdb6527bdc43fc90000012">
          <inserted>You've been caught out red-handed.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="2022050589fdb6527bdc43fc90000013">He did not withdraw and apologise.</text>
        <text id="2022050589fdb6527bdc43fc90000014">It is clear, in my submission, that the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport has misled the house by denying he ever alleged that the former Deputy Premier was guilty of corruption. I now ask that you examine the <term>Hansard</term> to determine whether a prima facie case exists to establish a privileges committee to investigate whether the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport deliberately and intentionally misled the Parliament of South Australia.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Heysen has raised a matter of privilege. If the member for Heysen wishes to furnish me with materials, I will consider those, and also other members may wish to furnish me with materials. I will consider the matters raised and return to the house.</text>
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