House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-05-07 Daily Xml

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Motor Accident Commission

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:21): Does the motor accident board unanimously support the government's decision regarding the winding-up of the Motor Accident Commission?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (14:21): That is not relevant to the government's decision. Whether they do or don't is not pertinent to the decision the government has taken. We are not winding up the Motor Accident Commission. They will still have a role and responsibility to play, but again this is a question of ideology for the Liberal Party: do they believe that it is better for the government to run an insurance company or the private sector? And what I'm hearing from members opposite is that they think that the private sector can't do it.

The SPEAKER: Point of order. If the point of order is debate and relevance—

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: The Treasurer continually defies your ruling. He is debating the substance of the question rather than answering it.

The SPEAKER: Oh, I'm sure he would never defy my rulings but, yes, I do uphold a point of order about prohibition on debate and relevance. And I think the Treasurer has made that point in answer to the last three questions.

Mr Pisoni: He doesn't know.

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is on very thin ice. Leader.