Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Wortley, Hon. R.p. Wortley, Hon. R.P. The Hon. J.S. LEE Legislative Council Wortley, Hon. R.P. The Hon. J.S. LEE (14:26): My questions are to the Leader of the Government about the Hon. Russell Wortley. The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: I have known him for 20— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.S. LEE Legislative Council The Hon. J.S. LEE: The questions are: when the Hon. Russell Wortley announced his retirement, was he pushed by the Labor Party to retire against his will? Does the leader believe that the Hon. Russell Wortley misled the parliament and the people of South Australia by his untruthful announcement of retirement from politics— The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order: the term 'untruthful' is unparliamentary and I invite the honourable member to withdraw. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I think that's reasonable. The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: And factually incorrect. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: No. I will rule on the untruthful thing. If you could just rephrase that, the Hon. Ms Lee. The Hon. J.S. LEE Legislative Council The Hon. J.S. LEE: I will just rephrase that question. Does the leader believe the Hon. Russell Wortley misled the parliament and the people of South Australia by his announcement of the retirement— The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order: the charge of misleading the parliament is a grave one indeed and the honourable member has no evidence to the fact. She should withdraw that charge. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: No. I'm not accepting that. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Continue to ask your question, please, and we will get an answer and then we will move on. An honourable member interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. J.S. LEE Legislative Council The Hon. J.S. LEE: The third question is: can the leader please confirm— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Ms Lee, can you sit down for a sec, please. The Hon. Mr Hunter and the Hon. Ms Lensink, enough! The Hon. Ms Lee, please ask your question so we can get an answer so we can move on. The Hon. J.S. LEE Legislative Council The Hon. J.S. LEE: Can the leader please confirm that the cost of the Hon. Russell Wortley's retirement dinner hosted by the Governor will be repaid? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Attorney-General, answer how you will. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Attorney-General Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:28): As I think someone has mentioned here before during this question time, most of us know the Hon. Russell Wortley as a very honourable person and when he says something, in my experience that's what he does. So I'm sure that at any time he has made a statement that's what he has intended at the time. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Martin, and this will be the Hon. Mr Martin's maiden question.