Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2010-11-11 Daily Xml

Contents

BURNSIDE COUNCIL

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:40): By way of supplementary question, assuming that the minister has not received legal advice since yesterday, why did she offer advice as to the role of John Hanlon yesterday and is not willing to clarify it today?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (14:41): It beggars belief! I am not too sure whether the honourable member has a hearing impediment or is just a bit slow today. I have made it very clear and given my reasons, and I have no intention whatsoever of adding any further comment that may pertain to matters currently before the court.

The honourable member is supposed to be a member of the legal profession, so it just beggars belief that he does not understand the very basic premise of respecting the court and allowing that process to take place, in no way interfering or making statements that may prejudice or put a bias on matters before the court. The honourable member should know that. I have sent him an elementary legal textbook as a gift for him to brush up on some of these basic principles; he obviously has not had time to read it yet, but the principles are very basic and elementary, and he would have done it in legal studies 101.