Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2024-03-19 Daily Xml

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Lobbyists

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:47): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before directing a question to the Attorney-General regarding the Lobbyists Act.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: There are several freedom of information documents published by various media relating to the Labor candidate for Dunstan. The media articles and reports regarding those documents call into question a conflict of interest between her prior position as a staff member or adviser of a sitting member of the Legislative Council and her co-current position as an associate director of a defence company owned by her husband, who sought meetings with ministers.

My question for the Attorney-General is: is he confident that all of his government's ministers have complied in full with their responsibilities under the South Australian Lobbyists Act?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:48): I am not aware that any have not.