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Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (15:10): My question is to the Premier. Following the swing against Labor in last weekend's by-election, will the Premier now reverse his policy to sell the state's forests?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Minister for State Development) (15:10): That was not raised with me when I was walking around Port Adelaide and Mawson. What was raised with me was that the Liberal Party had reversed its policy on closing Holdens. That is what was raised with me.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr WILLIAMS: Point of order. The Premier is verging on misleading the house. The Liberal Party has no policy whatsoever to close Holdens.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: What was raised with me is, 'Will the Liberal Party get behind your plans to save the River Murray or will they continue'—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Unley, you are warned for a third time. Premier, have you finished your answer?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: I have quite a bit to say. In relation to the two-party preferred vote in Port Adelaide, such as you say exists, I thought there was only one major party there, but if you are happy to treat that as a two-party preferred vote then we would like you to put that on the record right now. That was a two-party preferred vote, was it? That might become exhibit A. What they sought to perpetrate down at Port Adelaide was a con job. What they tried to do was pretend they were not there, but in fact they were there. They were perpetrating—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mrs REDMOND: Point of order. The question was clearly about the Premier—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I cannot hear the Leader of the Opposition.

Mrs REDMOND: The question of relevance. The question was clearly about the Premier's preparedness to reverse his decision on the sale of the state's forests.

The SPEAKER: Thank you, Leader of the Opposition. The Premier can answer the question as he chooses. Have you finished answering the question?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Yes.

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