House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-02-07 Daily Xml

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MEMORIAL SERVICE, MINISTERIAL ATTENDANCE

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:59): I have a supplementary question.

The SPEAKER: If indeed it is a supplementary.

Ms CHAPMAN: I will let you be the judge of that, of course, Mr Speaker. Is the minister actually saying to us that it was more important to attend an electorate diary event than to maintain a consistent position in respect of terrorism?

The SPEAKER: That is a supplementary. Minister for Multicultural Affairs.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:59): I went to a community event organised by local Kurdish people to express condolences about the slaughter of three women, and the views that I expressed were no different to those expressed essentially by the Turkish government itself.

Mr Pisoni: What about the Australian government?

The SPEAKER: Member for Unley, I warn you for the second and the final time. The member for Frome.