HANSARD
SITTING CALENDAR
SEARCH
LIVE BROADCAST
Hansard Dynamic Member Index
House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-02-09 Daily Xml
Contents
Pdf Xml

Industry Development

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:55): My question is to the Minister for Investment and Trade. If the investment and promotions advisory board, which has a chair, Mr Rob Chapman, doesn't exist, could he please explain why it's displayed as such on the Department of State Development functional chart, dated 12 January 2016 underneath his name?

The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Minister for Investment and Trade, Minister for Small Business, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:55): I'd be delighted. It's clearly an error, because no such entity exists. What I strongly—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH: Here they go. If only they could spend some time on policy development instead of—

Mr Marshall: But we ask the questions.

The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH: What I'd suggest to the deputy leader—

The Hon. T.R. Kenyon interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Newland is called to order.

The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH: What I would suggest to the deputy leader is that, whatever it is she's reading, she checks to see if whatever it is is correct, because I can tell her that no such entity exists. It's a very good idea, before getting a little flowchart, to ask some questions. I just ask members, I'm reminded—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH: No; I'm reminded of the wasted kidney. Does anyone remember the wasted kidney? This is when the deputy leader came into the house and said somebody in Mount Gambier was on the verge of death because they were waiting for a kidney transplant and there'd been some terrible failure of the health system, and as a result this person died. Well, it turned out the information was completely, 100 per cent, wrong, and the minister for health at the time came in and clarified the facts.

The problem is that the deputy leader has some form. If she'd like to go back to the source and verify whether or not the little bit of paper she has is correct, I think she'll find that it's either a misprint or it's been put there in error. So, if you'd like to table it, have a look at it, check out the facts, and come back and tell us your solution.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS
MEMBERS
GET INVOLVED
ABOUT PARLIAMENT
VISIT
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
CONTACT