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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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CHANTELOIS, MICHELLE

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:42): My question is again for the Premier. Does the Premier stand by his statement that he has not met with or spoken to Michelle Chantelois in the last four years?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The house will come to order or I will vacate the chair. I do not think the Premier has any responsibility to the house at all. However, the question has been asked; I think it is only fair that the Premier have an opportunity to respond if he so chooses.

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (14:43): This is the subject of a police investigation before the courts and I certainly do stand by my comments.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Bragg is warned.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The house will come to order.

Mr HANNA: I rise on a point of order, sir. I seek your clarification on the sub judice rule, that this affair has been spoken of as being before the courts. We know that the gentleman concerned has not had to appear before court yet, so does that make it beyond the scope of discussion in this house or not?

The SPEAKER: My ruling was that the Premier had no responsibility on the matter to the house, and I will not make a ruling either way on whether or not it is sub judice. The sub judice rule is a complicated standing order. I would be more than happy perhaps privately to talk to the member for Mitchell about it. I am not going to give a pre-emptive ruling on whether or not the matter is sub judice. I have ruled, however, that the Premier does not have responsibility to the house for the substance of the question asked by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

The Hon. M.J. Atkinson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! If the house does not come to order, I will vacate the chair. I will not have my calls to order ignored. The member for MacKillop.

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