Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Kangaroo Island Country Cabinet Kangaroo Island Country Cabinet The Hon. F. PANGALLO Legislative Council Kangaroo Island Country Cabinet The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:57): I have a supplementary, which I will preface by declaring my own interest in Kangaroo Island. As the Attorney-General raised the matter of vehicles and roads on Kangaroo Island, did the cabinet convoy encounter significant potholes on the main bitumen roads between Penneshaw and Parndana that locals have described to me today as being extremely dangerous and a risk to safety, and what will be done to fix them? The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Kangaroo Island Country Cabinet 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. On this visit, I didn't get down to Parndana. I know that on previous visits, I have certainly spent a lot of time in Parndana, but on the roads— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! 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: —I did notice significant roadworks on the road from— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! 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: —Penneshaw to Kingscote and I did not encounter the potholes the honourable member talked about. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! 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: I have appreciated the hospitality and working with parts of the community in Parndana before when the local member, Leon Bignell, the member for Mawson, organised some of us to help cut trees down and clear people's properties in the immediate aftermath of the bushfires to get potential fire hazards away. The member for Mawson also organised a number of us, including myself and the member for Wright, to camp out on Parndana Oval and roll up fences as part of BlazeAid in the immediate aftermath of the fires.