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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Wortley, Hon. R.P.

The Hon. J.S. LEE (14:26): My questions are to the Leader of the Government about the Hon. Russell Wortley.

The Hon. K.J. Maher: I have known him for 20—

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.S. LEE: The questions are: when the Hon. Russell Wortley announced his retirement, was he pushed by the Labor Party to retire against his will? Does the leader believe that the Hon. Russell Wortley misled the parliament and the people of South Australia by his untruthful announcement of retirement from politics—

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order: the term 'untruthful' is unparliamentary and I invite the honourable member to withdraw.

The PRESIDENT: I think that's reasonable.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: And factually incorrect.

The PRESIDENT: No. I will rule on the untruthful thing. If you could just rephrase that, the Hon. Ms Lee.

The Hon. J.S. LEE: I will just rephrase that question. Does the leader believe the Hon. Russell Wortley misled the parliament and the people of South Australia by his announcement of the retirement—

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order: the charge of misleading the parliament is a grave one indeed and the honourable member has no evidence to the fact. She should withdraw that charge.

The PRESIDENT: No. I'm not accepting that.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Continue to ask your question, please, and we will get an answer and then we will move on.

An honourable member interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.S. LEE: The third question is: can the leader please confirm—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Ms Lee, can you sit down for a sec, please. The Hon. Mr Hunter and the Hon. Ms Lensink, enough! The Hon. Ms Lee, please ask your question so we can get an answer so we can move on.

The Hon. J.S. LEE: Can the leader please confirm that the cost of the Hon. Russell Wortley's retirement dinner hosted by the Governor will be repaid?

The PRESIDENT: Attorney-General, answer how you will.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:28): As I think someone has mentioned here before during this question time, most of us know the Hon. Russell Wortley as a very honourable person and when he says something, in my experience that's what he does. So I'm sure that at any time he has made a statement that's what he has intended at the time.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Martin, and this will be the Hon. Mr Martin's maiden question.

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