House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2010-11-09 Daily Xml

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BOOK PUBLICATION, NICOLA SASANELLI

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (15:07): Further to the Premier's last answer, my next question is also to the Premier. Can he advise the house how many copies of Nicola Sasanelli's book have been sold, what profit has been made and how many scholarships have been provided to students from the proceeds of the book, as promised by him in the book's foreword?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

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) (15:07): It is interesting—the member for Waite can throw a punch but can't take one, and it is interesting—the breakdown of discipline. You should have seen the look on—

Mrs REDMOND: Point of order.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Point of order, Leader of the Opposition.

Mrs REDMOND: Yet again, the Premier begins his answer by throwing disparaging remarks across the chamber that have nothing to do with the question. My point of order is on relevance. The question was how many scholarships, how much are they worth, how many students have benefited and how many books were sold?

The SPEAKER: Premier, would you get to the answer. I think you have answered some of it already in your previous answer, but—

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Will the real Leader of the Opposition please stand up?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: I just went through and detailed where the proceeds went—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —and that they were matched dollar for dollar by the Australian Academy of Science and also about the contributions from the major universities.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier will sit down. I have no idea what the Premier has just said and I am sure nobody else has either. I am sure even he does not know. Have you finished answering the question, Premier?

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Yes.