Legislative Council Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Government Contracts, Probity GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROBITY The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROBITY The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:27): I have a supplementary question. I suspect that the minister is a bit sensitive, but I remind him that I did not ask about PPPs: I asked about shortlisting bidders for major government contracts such as the desal project, which is not a PPP. Given what the minister just outlined in terms of the general principles, does he believe that there would be a perception of unfairness to other bidders for other major government contracts if, during a bidding process for a major government contract, a Rann government minister attended a Labor Party fundraising function organised by South Australian Progressive Business and paid for and hosted by a company associated with one of the bidders for the government contract? I repeat: this does not relate to a PPP project. The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY Legislative Council Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROBITY The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business) (15:28): If the honourable member wishes to talk about a particular occasion, let him do so. I have just indicated what the guidelines are. There is a Ministerial Code of Conduct, and it is a public document. The Hon. R.I. Lucas interjecting: The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY Legislative Council The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY: I have indicated to the honourable member what those guidelines are; if he does not want to read them, that is his problem.