Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2017-02-28 Daily Xml

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Tassone, Mr B.

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:46): Why does the minister persist in suggesting that the quarantine funds was an initiative of the Weatherill government, when his legislation was 2012 and the Hon. Iain Evans introduced the Correctional Services (Prisoner Compensation Quarantine Funds) Amendment Bill 2010 on 28 October 2010 and it took his government two years to play catch up?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:46): That is a cute question from the Hon. Mr Wade. I might answer—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS: I might answer the question with a statement of fact. The Hon. Mr Wade, we were in government in 2012, not you. This was the government that passed the legislation, not you.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Gago.

The Hon. R.I. Lucas interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: No, too late; I have already called the Hon. Ms Gago.

The Hon. R.I. Lucas: She is obviously doing a supplementary.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: No, I am doing another question.

The PRESIDENT: It's her question. The Hon. Ms Gago.