Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Council Amalgamations Council Amalgamations The Hon. L.A. CURRAN Legislative Council Council Amalgamations The Hon. L.A. CURRAN (15:20): Supplementary question: how many nights has the minister spent in her community of Port MacDonnell in the last six months? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I am not sure how you tie that in. Minister, you can answer the question, if you want. The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:21): I thank the honourable member for her question. What I can respond as part of that is how much I have been all over the state. I think it is— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —more than 30 regional trips. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: I have done more than 30 regional trips since becoming a minister in March. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: I am not surprised that those opposite don't want to listen to the fact— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Girolamo and the Attorney-General, stop your conversation. The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —that as Minister for Regional Development I have done more than 30 trips since becoming minister. And why wouldn't they want to hear that? They wouldn't want to hear that because the former minister, the member for Finniss, didn't like doing regional trips. He didn't think he should do regional trips as regional development minister. How many trips did the former regional development minister do to the regions? Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: Yes, well, he went back to Victor Harbor— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —where his office was. How any times did he come to the Limestone Coast? How many times did he go to the Riverland? How many times did he go to Yorke Peninsula? How many times did he go to Eyre Peninsula? How often did he do regional trips? Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: If the opposition thinks— The Hon. N.J. Centofanti Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition The Hon. N.J. Centofanti: You're incapable of answering a question. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Please conclude your remarks so we can move on. I have had enough. The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: If the opposition is going to try to criticise me for doing regional trips around South Australia as Minister for Regional Development for South Australia, then I think that speaks volumes about them and very little about me. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hanson, let's go. I want to get to the crossbench.