Legislative Council Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Question Time Premier's Statements PREMIER'S STATEMENTS The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition PREMIER'S STATEMENTS The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:22): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Leader of the Government, Minister for Urban Development and Planning and Minister for Mineral Resources Development a question about Labor reconnecting. Leave granted. The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Premier Mike Rann promised six months ago that he would reconnect with the people of South Australia. I guess you could say he made a commitment and broke it. On the night of the March state election, when Labor suffered a 7.4 per cent swing against Mike Rann, he said: We've got the message from the public. In a number of seats we got a real hiding. He went on to say: We've got to listen to the message from the public and learn from it and take our punishment. He also said: We've got to learn from that kick in the pants. On Monday 22 March the Premier said on radio FIVEaa: What we've got to do is learn from the kick in the pants and basically go out and reconnect with the electorate. So, I've already said that we want all our ministers and all our MPs, the new ones and the ones who've been re-elected, to go out and reconnect. Will the minister advise the council in which suburbs and electorates he doorknocked when he reconnected with the South Australian community? The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY Legislative Council Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister Assisting the Premier in Public Sector Management The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister Assisting the Premier in Public Sector Management) (14:23): I was out near the Port Adelaide region during the first such activity we have had and also in the electorate of Bright, along the southern coast. No doubt there will be further places.