House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-06-09 Daily Xml

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WATER ALLOCATIONS

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (14:45): I have a supplementary question. If the Premier is so confident about the court case, why in the current budget is there a contingency allowance to pay the legal costs for Victoria?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Point of order, Madam Speaker. I wonder if you could rule on whether that is a supplementary because I can't remember the Premier referring to any confidence.

The SPEAKER: I will consider it a question. Premier, do you want to respond to that question?

An honourable member interjecting:

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) (14:45): Member for Norwood—there he is. He's trying desperately to get down there. Apparently they cannot—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —contemplate—

An honourable member interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —a reshuffle because the member for Norwood—you know, the Marshall plan or the Pelican Brief—which is it? How are they going to get down to the front row? It is about time for the Pelican Brief to start mouthing off again to match the member for Norwood. Can I just say one thing about you all: none of you are scary. None of you are scary at all. What we will continue to do on any issue is put South Australia's interests first, as we are with the hospital—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —as we are with Adelaide Oval, which is something that only the member for Waite seems to understand.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Members on both sides of the chamber will restrain themselves. It is a big day, and if we want to go home early we should concentrate on the matters in hand.