Personal Explanation

Budget and Finance Committee

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:38): I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

Leave granted.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: Today, Minister Koutsantonis made a series of accusations about me over links I provided to PIRSA after a Budget and Finance Committee. The links were sent in error, an administrative error, like the Premier's signing off on a $1 million grant that should not have happened. My mistake did not cost taxpayers a cent. Further, I admit my errors, unlike many across the chamber and in the other place. Further, I did not mislead parliament. There are other links—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: I did not. You must listen.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Attorney!

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: There are other links to studies about connection between HABs and desal plants I did not refer to and which I did not provide. In relation to the Richlen paper, that paper does exist, but I acknowledge the information I received on the author was incorrect and I apologise—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: —for the error again.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! This is a brief personal explanation that is taking far too long because of interjections. The Hon. Mr Pangallo, finish your statement and let's get on with it.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Enough!

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Unbelievable.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: Your turn will come. Ghazay F. Alotaibi is the author of 'A review of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their potential impacts on desalination facilities', Desalination and Water Treatment, 252. I seek leave to table that report.

Leave granted.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: There are also papers by Mohamed N. Gomaa et al., and those papers are: 'Low diversity triggers harmful algal bloom (HAB) occurrence adjacent to desalination plants along the Red Sea'—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: —Desalination and Water Treatment, 114, 2018, pages 1 to 12, and also another paper by Mohamed N. Gomaa et al., 'A model to predict HAB occurrence near desalination plants in the Red Sea', Desalination and Water Treatment, 129, 2018. I seek leave to table those documents as well.

Leave granted.