Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-11-13 Daily Xml

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AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): I have a supplementary. The minister failed to answer the first question: what is the definition of a 'concrete action'?

The PRESIDENT: Once again, minister, you will ignore the opinion. There is a supplementary question there somewhere.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:27): Once again, the honourable member has no substantial question to ask. It is some vague definitional issue, when he should be addressing the issues about what NRM boards can do for our state.

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Ridgway, I will be taking concrete action.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: What is the concrete action the Liberal Party in this state is offering South Australia? They have secret plans they will not release to the community, secret plans about getting rid of public servants—that is their secret plan. Once again, we remember the concrete action the Liberal Party took when the Hon. Isobel Redmond led that party and told the community what she was planning. What did they do? They necked her—they necked her! She told a truth to the community. The Liberals said, 'That's not the way we operate. We aren't open and transparent with South Australia.' And they removed her; they removed her. That's their definition of concrete plans.