House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-05-04 Daily Xml

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FORESTRYSA

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:39): My question is to the Premier. Why should South Australians believe anything the Premier says, when he said upon election as Premier, and I quote, 'Under our government, there will be no privatisations of forests.'

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) (14:40): Do you know something? I will ask you a question too. Are you or are you not going to support the Adelaide Oval development?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Williams interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Sit down. This is not an opportunity for a shouting match across the chamber. Did you have a point of order, member for MacKillop?

Mr WILLIAMS: I certainly did, Madam Speaker, and I might be able to point out why there was a shouting match. The Premier was specifically asked a question about what he said when he was elected as Premier and his actions to sell the forests in the South-East, and the Premier is refusing to answer that question.

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier has only just started to answer the question.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: We will not privatise the state's forests. They will remain crown lands; they will remain in state ownership. But, can I say this, will the Leader of the Opposition—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —put her state first and follow the advice of Martin Hamilton-Smith and do the right thing by the Adelaide Oval?

Mr WILLIAMS: I rise on a point of order. There is no relevance to the question.

The SPEAKER: Sit down. I think the Premier has finished answering the question.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!