Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Public Sector Employees Public Sector Employees The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Public Sector Employees The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Supplementary arising from the answer of the Treasurer: has the Treasurer been involved in any discussions regarding the employment of public sector employees that may have led to a detrimental impact to their employment? The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council Treasurer Public Sector Employees The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:31): I think the Leader of the Opposition, if he is going to go on a fishing expedition, would need to be much more specific than that. What is his definition of 'detrimental impact'? That covers a wide variety of potential circumstances. Unless the Leader of the Opposition is prepared to be more specific in terms of what his question is or what it is leading to, then I am not in a position to respond intelligently to the question. Certainly, if it relates at all, given that it was a supplementary question, as I gather, to the first question, which was about the termination of persons other than the chief executive, I have certainly not been involved in any discussion with anyone in terms of urging the sacking of someone other than a chief executive officer or, indeed, even in relation to a chief executive officer, because it is not within my power to just hire or fire a chief executive officer.