Mid-Autumn Festival

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (14:53): Supplementary question to the assistant minister: is it normal for a minister or assistant minister to speak before the Labor opposition and then speak after the Labor opposition? I have never seen that. Is that a normal course of events?

The Hon. J.S. LEE (14:53): I was not attending the event as assistant minister, I was representing the Premier of South Australia, as the—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Did you say the Premier wanted you to speak twice and stop the music?

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Leader of the Opposition is out of order.

The Hon. J.S. LEE: You are not listening.

The PRESIDENT: No, the assistant minister will speak—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Minister for Human Services is not helping.

The Hon. J.S. LEE: I was invited to speak, representing the Premier of South Australia, the Hon. Steven Marshall. In the order of protocols, they invited me to speak first, before the Leader of the Opposition. I was not invited to speak again, and I didn't speak again for the second time. It was Councillor Simon Hou wanting to introduce the Lord Mayor and many councillors attending that day, and in his remarks he just wanted to pay a tribute to me. That was it. I didn't even speak at all the second time.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The next question goes to the Hon. Jing Lee.