House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Super SA Cybersecurity Incident Super SA Cybersecurity Incident Mr COWDREY House of Assembly Colton Super SA Cybersecurity Incident Mr COWDREY (Colton) (14:57): My question is to the Treasurer again. Has the South Australian government, or a third party, paid a ransom or engaged in any transactions associated with the removal of Super SA members' data from the dark web? The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer Minister for Defence and Space Industries Super SA Cybersecurity Incident The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer) (14:57): I had the opportunity to quickly look over the transcripts of the Budget and Finance select committee hearing from last Monday. My recollection from reading that transcript is that the real shadow treasurer, Heidi Girolamo, asked that very question of the— The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER House of Assembly Morialta Deputy Leader of the Opposition The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Treasurer, please be seated. There is a point of order under 134. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is called to order. Member for Schubert! The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER House of Assembly Morialta Deputy Leader of the Opposition The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: The Treasurer's asinine behaviour is contrary to standing order 98. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Florey, order! I have standing order 98— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Some context, but only some, is required within the standing orders—or is permissible within the standing orders. The Treasurer has the call. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer Minister for Defence and Space Industries The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: I note the deputy leader didn't raise a matter of privilege with respect to my response about the member for Colton's responsibilities. But what I do say is that we were absolutely at pains to make sure that accurate information is being provided to the parliament in this respect, and we endeavour to do so. I have offered to take this line of questioning on notice if there are details being sought that I don't have with me right now because, as I said at the outset, when the member for Colton first asked me a question about this on Tuesday of the last sitting week, my immediate response was to confirm the existence of this incident and to provide as much detail as I could. As I have just explained to the house, that stands in stark contrast to how the member for Dunstan as the former Premier in this place— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta is warned. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer Minister for Defence and Space Industries The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —answered questions about cybersecurity incidents. We recognise, along with every other organisation, public or private, in this day and age, that these incidents happen and on a very, very regular basis. Pleasingly, most of these cybersecurity attacks are thwarted, but some of them aren't. When they aren't and they involve public sector agencies, I think what you have seen from the Minister for Health, what you have seen from me, what you have seen from the Premier, is an openness and transparency about this, and we will continue to provide those details to the people who are immediately impacted, and we will provide details to the parliament when sought.