Members can now bring young children into the House of Assembly, breast or bottle-feed them and be entitled to 20 weeks maternity leave, following the passing of a Marshall Liberal Government motion.

More survivors of institutional child sex abuse in South Australia will be supported after the Marshall Liberal Government agreed to include local governments in the National Redress Scheme.

Yesterday, I gave notice that I would move today that this house establish a select committee, and I so move:

That this house establish a select committee to inquire into and report on:

(a) the racist publication by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 2014 entitled, 'Can you trust Habib?';

(b) the allegations by Annabel Digance of bullying and intimidation from ALP officials regarding the publication;

(c) the statements of ALP State Secretary, Reggie Martin, regarding the publication;

(d) the circumstances and persons responsible for the publication, including the commissioning, drafting, editing, design, proofing, printing, approval and distribution of the publication; and

(e) any other matter relevant to the publication.

South Australian motorists will be better protected under the Marshall Liberal Government’s tough stance on people charged with, or reasonably believed to have committed, causing death by dangerous driving.

South Australians can now shop around for a bowser bargain with the Marshall Liberal Government’s real-time fuel pricing at their fingertips.

 The equal opportunity commissioner then went on to address some other matters, including expanding the scope and purpose of the legislation to enshrine multicultural directions, and made a contribution in that regard. I think it is important that she supported the inclusion of the words to cover:

All South Australians come from diverse backgrounds in South Australia. That is the richness that such diversity brings to the community and encourages the full participation of people from diverse backgrounds in the cultural, economic, political and social life of South Australia to help build a prosperous state.

At 12:01am on Friday the final phase of the state’s new Planning and Design Code will ‘go-live’ - a milestone moment for the most significant reform of South Australia’s planning system.

I am pleased to introduce the Statutes Amendment (COVID-19 Permanent Measures) Bill 2021. Measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are fundamental to our ongoing response in keeping the community safe. The declaration of a major emergency, in place since 22 March 2020 (that is, last year), provides the authorising context for the important social distancing and public health measures issued by the State Coordinator through directions.

I rise to make a contribution to the house. I, too, commend the March 4 Justice program this week, which was to acknowledge across Australia, largely by women but supported strongly by men, some of the inequities that still apply to women in our community. I think it is important, as I have said in this house several times this week, that we do listen and that we do understand that people will not be silenced, and this needs to be addressed.

On 16 February 2021, I tabled a report of the independent inquiry into child protection undertaken by Paul Rice QC. The government has accepted the six recommendations and taken additional steps to address the issues highlighted in the report. The Statutes Amendment (Recommendations of Independent Inquiry into Child Protection) Bill 2021 implements the two recommendations in the report that require legislative amendment, being recommendations Nos 5 and 6.