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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Global Liveability Index

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (15:10): My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer please inform the chamber about recent reports about the most livable cities in the world and, secondly, the level of internet vacancies in South Australia?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:10): I just thought I would—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: —lighten the load and lift the spirits of the whole chamber—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: —by indicating some good news that I'm sure all members—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The opposition are out of order.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: —in this chamber would be delighted to share and to hear.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: There is too much human misery on the other side of the chamber. I want to lighten the load and share the good news. I'm delighted to be able to report that in the most recent international survey of the most livable cities in the world done by—

The Hon. J.E. Hanson: In the world?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: In the world. Not just in Australia, in the world, done by The Economist. Adelaide, our city, has soared up the rankings—soared—from a lowly 10th when it was last done two or three years ago, which is still nevertheless quite impressive, to third in the global rankings—third. It is the most livable city in the world behind Auckland and Osaka, in relation to the most livable cities in the world.

The Hon. J.E. Hanson interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hanson is out of order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: It's a complex calculation. I will not spend—

The Hon. E.S. Bourke: What have you built in the city to make it the most livable city?

The PRESIDENT: And so is the Hon. Ms Bourke!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: —too much time going through all the detail. We are not that far behind the top, so there is a bit of work still to be done by the Marshall Liberal government. We are only—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order on both sides!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: —two points behind the top ranking. Auckland is at 96 out of 100.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Point of order, sir.

The PRESIDENT: Point of order. The Treasurer will resume his seat.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: I seek your guidance about quoting from a document and the ability to seek that document be tabled, as the Treasurer was quoting from his phone. I recall a previous President making a ruling that the phone ought to be tabled.

The PRESIDENT: The Treasurer has been here long enough to know the rules of this place. I'm sure that he doesn't want to risk tabling his phone.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: I'm not proposing to table my phone. This is actually a Google search, which I can suggest to the Leader of the Opposition, on a Newscorp website.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Point of order: I seek your clarification on whether we are departing from the ruling the previous President made on this issue?

The PRESIDENT: I am not going to engage in tabling telephones, but the Treasurer has offered to table the document that is on his phone.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: There has never been a position where a phone has ever been tabled in this house, to my knowledge.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Interjections are out of order, but if there is an interjection about a former President, you should use his proper name. The Treasurer will continue in silence.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: The rankings show Auckland at 96 out of 100 and Adelaide third, just behind at 94, but pleasingly when The Economist ranks Adelaide against all the other livable cities in the world on health care, Adelaide ranked at 100 out of 100 for health care, so my compliments to my colleague the Minister for Health. When they ranked education—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: —they ranked Adelaide at 100 out of 100, so my compliments to the minister for—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.E. Hanson interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hanson might find it funny, but I don't. He ought to come to order, as should the whole chamber. I'm sure the Treasurer is going to bring this answer to a conclusion soon.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: I have only really been going for about 90 seconds.

The PRESIDENT: No, that is not true.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: That's because of all the points of order.

The PRESIDENT: No.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: A hundred out of a hundred, so my compliments to the Minister for Education.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: And on infrastructure, Adelaide again ranked in the high nineties in relation to the livability index.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: So, Mr President, read it and weep.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Treasurer will resume his seat. The Hon. Mr Darley has the call.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Supplementary.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Darley has the call.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Supplementary, Mr President—

The PRESIDENT: No, the Hon. Mr Darley has the call. We are moving on.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Supplementary, Mr President. I have a supplementary on the answer.

The PRESIDENT: A supplementary on that answer?

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Indeed I do. Are we not allowing supplementaries now?

The PRESIDENT: I will call you.

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