Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-02-20 Daily Xml

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APY LANDS, FOOD SECURITY

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (14:37): I heard a lot of warble, actually—

The PRESIDENT: Did you hear the answer, because that is what your supplementary will concentrate on?

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS: Thank you, Mr President. Will the minister explain to me how teaching people how to cook, when they cannot afford the food, actually puts a meal on a table in the APY lands?

An honourable member: A very good question.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:38): It would be a very good question if that were the only thing we were doing. Again, they do not get public policy. They do not understand that there is no single response that will solve these problems. You need to have—

The Hon. G.E. Gago interjecting:

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: That is right; they never learnt when they were in office and they are not learning now.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Coming from the mob that stays at Yulara—fair dinkum!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Mr President, you hear the opposition now making claims for which they have no foundation, because they never listen. In this very place I have previously spoken about—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Go and look up your Hansard. Do your own homework, do some homework—

The PRESIDENT: His interjections are out of order, minister, and there was a supplementary question asked by the Hon. Mr Stephens.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Mr President—

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: And you are an expert on it.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Indeed. Mr President, I advise the honourable member to do his own homework and look up the Hansard.

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: You have insulted us a fair bit. The Hon. Mr Stephens, do you have a further supplementary? You are deferring to the Hon. Ms Franks; do you have a supplementary?