Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-07-03 Daily Xml

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Olive Oil Industry

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:17): Supplementary: given that the crossbenchers are, as you rightly pointed out, struggling to get time for their questions to be asked, and the many important issues we have to discuss here, does the minister really think we need to sit here and listen to what sounds like a year 7 research project on olive oil?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (15:17): I certainly do, Mr President! We have many olive oil producers here in this state—many of them. In fact, South Australia is one of the leading producers of quality olive oil. We make some of the best olive oil in the world and we should be really proud of it. This is a very important industry to this state. It might not be of personal interest to you, Hon. Kelly Vincent, but to many South Australians, they do care, and this labelling issue is a very important issue for them.

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: Point of order, Mr President. At no point did I say this is not an important industry; I am merely saying that as adults, we probably don’t need to be told about the two different types of olive oil when we could be discussing, I don’t know, Clovelly Park or child protection.

The PRESIDENT: Or the issue that Mr Brokenshire wants to bring up. Mr Brokenshire.