House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-09-22 Daily Xml

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Data Harvesting

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (15:02): My question is to the Premier. When was the Premier first aware of the fact that his department or his office is subject to a referral to the Office for Public Integrity regarding inquiries made by the Ombudsman on the misuse of data?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:03): It's a bizarre question because we—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —have a document which has actually been published by the Ombudsman's office, Ombudsman SA. This is known by every single person in the state who has taken the time to read it. The reality is that this was of course the first time that I heard about it. It was the first time anybody heard about it whatsoever.