Super SA

Mr COWDREY (Colton) (14:16): My question is again to the Treasurer. Did the Treasurer meet with Kevin Foley in May of this year? If so, why, and what was discussed? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr COWDREY: FOI documents obtained by the opposition show that the Treasurer met with Kevin Foley on 15 May this year, soon before his departure—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr COWDREY: —as chair of Super SA after months in the role.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer) (14:17): If the member for Colton has a—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —document which we have released to him under FOI, which is an excerpt from my diary showing that I met with Kevin Foley in May, why on earth would he ask me a question in this place if I met with him in May?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It's remarkable. Maybe the question should have been why did I meet with Kevin Foley in May, not did I meet with him.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Morialta! Member for Colton!

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: No, it's not very clever at all.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Badcoe!

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Hence the second row. It's not very clever at all. Why did I meet with the chair of Super SA? The same reason as I meet with the chair of Funds SA, the same reason I meet with the chair of the Lifetime Support Authority, the same reason I make a point of meeting regularly with the chairs of all of the public entities that report to me—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —and that is to talk about the operations of the organisations that they superintend.

An honourable member: Was he going to be in it?

The SPEAKER: Order!