House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Ministerial Appointment Ministerial Appointment Mr PEDERICK House of Assembly Hammond Ministerial Appointment Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:00): Did the minister know and meet all the volunteers who supported him in his re-election campaign? The Hon. G.G. BROCK House of Assembly Stuart Minister for Local Government Minister for Regional Roads Minister for Veterans Affairs Ministerial Appointment The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Stuart—Minister for Local Government, Minister for Regional Roads, Minister for Veterans Affairs) (15:00): I'm not too sure that is a relevant question to me as the minister. I have— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! There is a point of order, minister. Minister, please be seated, there is a point of order. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: He has a very good point, sir: standing order 96, questions concerning public business. The volunteers on an election campaign are not the business of this house. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! I understand— Mr Tarzia interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Is the acting leader making submissions in relation to the point of order that has been raised, in which case I will hear them— Mr TARZIA House of Assembly Mr TARZIA: Yes. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: —or is he raising a new point of order! Mr TARZIA House of Assembly Mr TARZIA: No, on that. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Very well. I will hear the acting leader. Mr TARZIA House of Assembly Mr TARZIA: With all respect, 96 may well apply. However, the minister began to answer the question, and the point of order should be raised at the time not after the commencement of his answer. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: It is sufficiently contemporaneous for me to take it in hand. I have in mind— The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Treasurer is called to order. I have in mind standing order 96, questions concerning public business. I uphold the point of order. I am not certain that what the volunteers may or may not have done, or what visitors to volunteers may or may not have done, is necessarily immediately relevant to any business in this house. I also remind members, of course, of the important provisions in relation to not imputing improper motives to members in the house as well. I draw your attention to standing order 127.