House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-07-25 Daily Xml

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MINISTERIAL ADVISERS, CODE OF CONDUCT

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:50): Supplementary to the Premier's answer: is the Premier saying that so long as no physical intimidation took place, professional intimidation is fine?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:50): Mr Speaker, people should just grow up. The reality is that there has been obviously a robust debate in the other house and outside of it, I think very robustly conducted by Clubs SA. I am more than happy for them to advance their propositions a robust way, but remember what we are talking about here, sir. We are talking about—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: We are talking about the government's insistence on problem gambling measures to actually protect the most vulnerable people in our community, and I want our ministers and our staff to stand up strongly for those matters.

The SPEAKER: I call the member for Chaffey to order, I call the member for Davenport to order, I call the Leader of the Opposition to order, and I call the member for Morphett to ask a question.