House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-03-09 Daily Xml

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ADELAIDE DRY ZONE

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (14:43): My question is to the Minister Assisting the Premier in Social Inclusion. Does the minister agree with the Commissioner for Social Inclusion's position that the Adelaide CBD dry zone should be abandoned?

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers, Minister Assisting the Premier in Social Inclusion) (14:44): I have not seen the comments to which the member for Bragg refers, and on the basis—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: —of her performance in this place I think I should—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: —have a more—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Point of order. Member for MacKillop.

Mr WILLIAMS: Just because the minister seems to be totally ignorant of what is going on in the state, she does not have to start to criticise people on this side of the house.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I am not sure which point of order that was. I presume that you are talking about 98. Minister, can you get back to your answer, or have you finished?

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: I'm done.

The SPEAKER: You are finished. The member for Little Para.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! If you had made less noise we might have heard the minister's response.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Little Para.