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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Premier's Expenditure

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition) (15:18): Supplementary, Mr Speaker, and my supplementary is to the Premier. Apart from Chris Minns, Labor Party staff and volunteers, who did the Premier meet with on his trip to Sydney?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I must observe for the moment—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members to my left—that that question, in fact, assumes a number of matters that may not be correct.

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (15:18): I met with a number of business leaders in the state of New South Wales. I might just take this opportunity to add that I think South Australian taxpayers arguably got a lot more value out of that exercise that I undertook in Sydney than what they might have got out of $582.82 that the opposition leader charged to taxpayers for car rental in London recently. So I think that it's a perfectly legitimate—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Florey! Member for West Torrens! Member for Morialta! Member for Chaffey! The Premier has the call.

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: So, of course, travel is an important part of the leaders of governments job—both myself and the executive—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —and we will always to undertake it in accordance with—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Colton!

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —fairness to taxpayers.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Members to my left, one of your colleagues—

Mr Patterson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Morphett, your colleague is seeking the call and yet there are interjections.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! My concern in relation to the supplementary question, to return to that point, is that it runs the risk of being argumentative. Member for Heysen.

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