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SOUTH ROAD UPGRADES

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Thank you. Could the minister update the house on precisely how much his government has provided for this very important project in the forward estimates? Is the answer to that zero?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:30): Well, as much as you have.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: It's your question time.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: You idiot!

The SPEAKER: I think the Minister for Transport ought to withdraw the suggestion that the Leader of the Opposition is 'you idiot'.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I wouldn't want to offend him, sir; he's very sensitive.

The SPEAKER: I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I wouldn't want to offend him, sir; he is very sensitive.

The SPEAKER: No; what I would like is an unreserved withdrawal. Could I have that?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I unreservedly withdraw, sir.

The SPEAKER: Thank you.

Mr Gardner: What does 'unreservedly' mean?

The SPEAKER: I won't abide pedantry from the member for Morialta.

Ms Chapman: What about the one you're hiding in your department?

Mrs REDMOND: Point of order, sir.

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned for the second and final time, and the member for Heysen has a point of order. It would be a pity if it were frivolous and vexatious, because then I would have to—

Mrs REDMOND: Eject me.

The SPEAKER: —require her to leave the house.

Mrs REDMOND: You would. It's a point of clarification rather than a point of order.

The SPEAKER: That won't get you off.

Mrs REDMOND: I understood the Speaker to say that he wouldn't abide pedantry on the part of the member, and I just wanted to clarify that—

The SPEAKER: Yes; it was a joke, Joyce.

Mrs REDMOND: —that was indeed what you said.

The SPEAKER: The member for Colton.

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