Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Shop Trading Hours Shop Trading Hours The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Shop Trading Hours The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:54): Supplementary: if the minister feels so strongly— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI Legislative Council The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI: —about the deregulation of shop trading hours, is the minister going to legislate for a reversal of deregulation of shop trading hours in country South Australia? 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) (14:54): Outside the Greater Adelaide metropolitan area there is deregulated shop trading hours, except in areas that choose to retain them, like Millicent, for example, which unlike other towns around have seen their local independent supermarkets thrive. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Not be taken over by the big multinationals. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order, on both sides! The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Not be taken over by the big multinationals. And what do we see in many of the areas in country towns in country areas that have the ability to open as long as they want? Most businesses don't choose to. Most businesses don't choose to open 24 hours a day or even all weekend. We think we have got the balance right. This council got the balance right in voting down the Liberals' proposals last time. The South Australian public rewarded those who got the balance right at the last state election. The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO Legislative Council The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO: Supplementary. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I will listen to your supplementary when the Hon. Mr Wortley has finished. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order, the Hon. Ms Bourke! The Hon. Ms Girolamo has a supplementary question arising from the original answer.