Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Right to Protest Right to Protest The Hon. R.A. SIMMS Legislative Council Right to Protest The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (14:57): Supplementary arising from the original answer. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Last supplementary question, because I suspect we will be debating this bill in this place. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Mr Simms, I will listen to your supplementary question. The Hon. R.A. SIMMS Legislative Council The Hon. R.A. SIMMS: Is the minister concerned about the potential for workers, particularly in the Public Service, to be captured under these new laws should they engage in protests and industrial action? In particular, I am thinking of those in the transport space. The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:57): I thank the honourable member for his question. It is not an unreasonable question but, as I have said, this does not intend to increase the scope. It certainly absolutely and unapologetically does intend to increase the range of fines a court can impose, but that is not what it intends to do to extend that scope in relation to something people have been doing before. I know people are concerned that public sector workers, particularly those in the emergency services, occasionally put themselves at risk with the actions of some protesters.