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Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (15:43): My question is to the Minister for Correctional Services. What is the financial penalty in the contract with Serco for an escape, and will the minister guarantee that that penalty will cover the full cost to the taxpayers of the ensuing manhunt?

Mr Knoll interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Schubert is called to order.

The Hon. V.A. TARZIA (Hartley—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services) (15:44): I thank the honourable member for the question. Again, what we are doing is traversing other matters besides putting all our attention and our focus on trying to find this individual, rather than playing petty politics about the contract and what the contract says—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The leader will cease interjecting.

The Hon. V.A. TARZIA: What I am not going to do is run through Labor's record on escapees during their time in government. I am not here to do that. I am not here to talk about when—

Mr Odenwalder interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Elizabeth is called to order.

The Hon. V.A. TARZIA: —the Leader of the Opposition was minister for corrections or the member for West Torrens was the minister for corrections or when the member for Light was the minister for corrections. I am not here to talk about that—because if I did that, I could be here all day—because it is not the right thing to do at the moment. At the moment, what we are doing is we are focused on finding this individual and bringing him back in to custody. That is what we are doing.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. V.A. TARZIA: That is what we are doing.

The SPEAKER: Order! The minister will resume his seat. The Minister for Correctional Services has the call. I am listening to the answer of the Minister for Correctional Services. He will be heard in silence.

The Hon. V.A. TARZIA: So is there a penalty for some sort of escape like this? Absolutely. Will we go back and will we look at that contract and will we make sure that we execute and we exercise our rights in respect of that contract? Well, that is a discussion to have, and I am sure we will do that down the track, but at the moment the priority is not playing petty politics: it is finding this individual and bringing him back into custody.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Before I call the member for Elizabeth, I warn the member for Elizabeth.

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