House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-03-30 Daily Xml

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NationBuilder

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (15:00): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier assure the house that no other public officers in the South Australian government are using NationBuilder, licensed to the Liberal Party of South Australia, to prepare official state government communications and surveys and, if they are, who has authorised them to do so?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:00): I refer the member to my previous answer. What I haven't heard is anything from those opposite, whether they can provide assurances to the people of South Australia that they are not using employees in the Leader of the Opposition's office to go out and be, if you like, fake protestors out in press conferences. Or what is Lucy Hood doing? Is she working full time or is she campaigning at the moment? Can the Leader of the Opposition tell us a little bit more about changesa.org? It sounds suspiciously like change.org, but actually it's changesa.org and it's a data harvesting opportunity for the Labor Party.

The SPEAKER: The Premier will resume his seat. The member for West Torrens on a point of order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Standing order 98: debate.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for West Torrens raises a point of order in accordance with standing order 98(a). The occasion to answer the question in a context of what has been a line of questions in the course of question time is not an occasion to reflect so broadly. I once again uphold the point of order and I will move along. Before I do so—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! It's remiss of me, and I ought to have done this earlier: I call to order the Minister for Education and I call to order the deputy leader.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Can the Premier now answer the question?

The SPEAKER: Does the Premier seek the call?

The Hon. S.S. Marshall: No.

The SPEAKER: The Premier has concluded his answer.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for MacKillop has the call.