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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
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SUSTAINABLE BUDGET COMMISSION

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:16): Again, my question is to the Premier. Has the government received any advice about whether the leaked Sustainable Budget Commission report is a criminal offence and, if it is or might be a criminal offence, why hasn't the government called in the police?

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) (14:17): What happened with their leaks is that people called in the judges and they called in the—what was his name, the judge?

The Hon. P.F. Conlon: Dean Clayton.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Dean Clayton.

The Hon. P.F. Conlon: Brought the boom down.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Brought the boom—

Mrs REDMOND: Point of order, Madam Speaker. Nothing the Premier is saying is going anywhere near the topic of the debate.

The Hon. M.D. Rann interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Your point of order was?

Mrs REDMOND: The relevance of the Premier's answer.

The SPEAKER: He has only just started. Sit down now, Leader of the Opposition. Premier, can you answer the question.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: I could tell that there was tension there yesterday. I don't know what was going on. I understand the whip was spoken to rather harshly. If the government investigators detect criminality, I will give you this assurance—

The Hon. P.F. Conlon interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, minister for industry!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: I will give this assurance: they will call the Yard. They will call the Yard and we will see the Bill arrive, and we will see vigorous and rigorous tracking down and vigorous and rigorous detection of the processes. But, as you know, on cyber matters I am somewhat of an expert. I know how to use Twitter. The budget will be Twittered out very shortly, I can promise you that. The key thing is, if in fact there is a finding that there has been criminality, then I am absolutely confident that the police will be called in and those responsible will be led out in leg irons and will be treated in the way that you would expect them to be treated.

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