House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-09-08 Daily Xml

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INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (15:49): I have a supplementary question. Will the Premier advise why he thinks that a federal independent commission against corruption is needed yet refuses to implement a South Australian independent—

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: I have a point of order, sir. That is another way of asking the same question.

The SPEAKER: Order, the Deputy Premier!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! It does, in essence, repeat the original question. I will give the Premier an opportunity to answer it. The Premier.

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) (15:50): I will answer it again. What is the point of having an ICAC in every state chewing up hundreds of millions of dollars that I would like spent on hospitals, more police, fighting crime and, by the way, keeping people such as von Einem and McBride locked up—people you would let out.