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Question Time

Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier repeat his statements regarding the royal commission's Bret Walker SC outside parliament that he made earlier today?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:26): I am not sure what the Leader of the Opposition is concerned about. We have made a statement—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left!

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Premier, please be seated for one moment. I call the following members to order for interjections already. The Premier is entitled to be heard in silence. The question was asked in silence, therefore I call to order the following members: the member for Reynell and the member for West Torrens. The Premier has the call.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Thank you very much, sir. I thought I made myself extraordinarily clear today. We don't believe for one second that the criticisms levelled against the Minister for Environment and Water have any justification whatsoever. Let's be very clear on this. This is a—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —decision that was made by the cabinet. This is one that we stand right behind because, unlike those opposite, we care about our river communities in South Australia. We care about the health—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —of the River Murray and the Lower Lakes and the Coorong here in South Australia. And, unlike those opposite, who—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —had carriage of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and they had their fingers—

The Hon. T.J. Whetstone interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Primary Industries is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —almost on the original determination of the plan back in 2012, and then the carriage of the implementation thereafter, they achieved nothing, nothing whatsoever in terms of the upwater. By contrast, we've got people back at the table talking about how water is going to be delivered for South Australian communities. Whilst those over there want to jump on their soapbox, wave their arms around and pick their fake fights, we will deliver—

Mr Picton interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna is called to order and warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —to the people of this state. The comments that were made that there may be a breach of a ministerial code of conduct are ludicrous and nonsensical—absolutely 100 per cent.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Before I call the leader, I call the following members to order: the member for Ramsay and the member for Kaurna. The member for Kaurna is also warned, as are the member for Lee and the member for Mawson. The member for Wright is called to order. I also call to order the leader and the member for Badcoe. The Leader of the Opposition has the call.

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