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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Privatisation

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:05): Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Premier.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr MALINAUSKAS: Has the president of the Liberal Party, Mr John Olsen, provided the Premier advice regarding his decision to privatise electricity assets here in South Australia?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:05): Well, sir—

The SPEAKER: The Premier will be seated for one moment. I call to order the Minister for Industry and the Attorney-General. The Premier has the call.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Thank you, sir. I find it incredible that the Leader of the Opposition got out of bed this morning, quite frankly. It must have been a humiliating day for the Leader of the Opposition, leading his rabble who were exposed for all their brazen hypocrisy yesterday.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order: this is pure debate.

The SPEAKER: The question was about whether the Premier has sought advice—

Mr Malinauskas: Why don't you just start answering the questions?

The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition is called to order. Members on my right will be quiet. The Premier has the call; he has been asked a question. I ask members to cease interjecting so that I can listen to the answer.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I know the Leader of the Opposition is only reading out what was put in front of him.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier has the call.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I know that he hasn't got any input. I know that he is probably smarter than that. The reality is that it was a dark day for the opposition yesterday in this parliament because what was tabled by the Attorney-General was an independent assessment of that massive burden that the former government inflicted upon the people of South Australia.

When I read that report, I gasped—$610 million was what the former government inflicted upon the people of South Australia whilst they were pretending to stand up for the renewable energy sector and the people of South Australia. What a joke—$610 million, the centre point of their entire so-called energy solution for the people of South Australia, wasn't spent on renewable energy or battery storage; it was spent on dirty diesel backup generators.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order.

The SPEAKER: Is the Premier finished or still going? The Premier has finished. Before I call the Leader of the Opposition, I call the following members to order: the member for Waite, the member for Mawson, the Minister for Infrastructure and the member for Giles. The Leader of the Opposition has the call.

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