Parliamentary Procedure

Visitors

The SPEAKER: Before I call the Treasurer I would just like to acknowledge the presence in the house today of former Speaker, Norm Peterson. Norm was also the former Independent member for Semaphore from 1979 to 1993.

I would like to recount one story. I was a journalist in 1993 the day after the State Bank royal commission. We had all been in the lock-up. I doorstopped Norm out the front of this place when I was working for Channel 10 and I was firing in some pretty good questions, I thought. He said, 'You'll be the one in trouble if you don't stop asking me all these questions. I'm on my way to deliver some bills to Government House to the Governor and if you don't get out of my way I'll have you arrested for impeding the role of the Speaker!'

Norm, it is wonderful to see you again 32 years later. Great to have you here. We won't be arresting anyone today. To Norm's partner, Karen, and to their friends, Keith and Karen, who are here from interstate: great to have you all here.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Mr Speaker, he was a good local member, and mentor to me, as well.