Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Disability Services Disability Services The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Disability Services The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:58): Further supplementary arising from the original answer: minister, if the facts are as the opposition has been informed and it turns out you have done nothing to inquire further about this, will you resign? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister, sit down. It's a hypothetical question. The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council Minister for Human Services The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:59): I am happy— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: If you would like to answer, the Minister for Human— The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! In silence. It was a hypothetical question. I would have ruled it out of order; however, if the minister wishes to respond, that is up to you. Minister. The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: To the extent that I receive these critical incidents, I quite distinctly— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Can I please finish? Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Can I please finish? Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Mr President, I would love to answer this. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Leading with a glass jaw, I demanded—I insisted—being on this list. When I was a new minister in this government— The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —I said to my CE that I wanted to be on the list. Now this stands in stark contrast— The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —to Jay Weatherill, who let his chief of staff take a fall when he knew, when his chief of staff knew, that a child had been raped at a western suburbs school and nobody told him. The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: What is the point of being on a list— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: You Labor Party people should hang your heads in shame. The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: —if you are just going to ignore it and not ask a question. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I demanded of my chief executive that I be on the list— The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order, the honourable Leader of the Opposition! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —so that I can receive these reports. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Do I have 100 per cent recall of every incident that comes into my office? No, not necessarily. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Minister— Members interjecting: The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I demand to know— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister— Members interjecting: The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —because I believe in ministerial accountability. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister, sit down. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! You asked a question; it's being answered. We will listen in silence. I won't keep repeating myself. When I call for order, I expect it. Have you finished your answer? The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I think so, Mr President.