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Adelaide Oval Hotel Development

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:47): My question is to the Minister for Transport and infrastructure. Is the minister fulfilling all his legal requirements as a director and company secretary of Sausage Boys Pty Ltd? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: The minister has previously stated—

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order.

The SPEAKER: Leave was granted, but I will hear the point of order.

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: The member seems to be asking for a legal opinion, which is not an appropriate use of the house.

The SPEAKER: It is true that a minister may not be responsible to the house for an obligation to be made under some kind of corporate role; however, leave was granted, so I am placed in a position where I will hear the answer and make a determination. Member for West Torrens.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Thank you, sir. The minister has previously stated in relation to his business activities that he has 'basically divorced himself' from the day-to-day operations of all associated entities of Sausage Boys Pty Ltd. Under the Corporations Act 2001, section 1.5.5.3—Duties and liabilities of directors—the minister, as the current director and secretary of Sausage Boys Pty Ltd, has a legal requirement to 'act in the best interests of the company'. There is no record of a blind trust being registered by the minister.

The SPEAKER: I am going to allow the question. The minister has the call.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (14:48): I refer to my answers last Thursday, when I answered this very question—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The minister is answering the question. The members on my left will be quiet, or they will be leaving.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —and I abided by the rulings of the Chair (the Deputy Speaker) in relation to those. I answered everything for half an hour last Thursday.

The SPEAKER: The Minister has answered the question. The member for Davenport. I will come back to the member for West Torrens.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is on two warnings.

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