A Labor MP has been busted playing computer games during Budget Estimates.

Northern suburbs MP Jon Gee became the first South Australian MP to be caught playing video games in State Parliament when he was live-streamed playing card game Solitaire on Friday.

media_camera Jon Gee is the member for Taylor.

Live broadcasting of State Parliament started in 2017.

In the video, Mr Gee is seen toggling between FreeCell and Solitaire while Police Minister Corey Wingard answers questions about emergency services. He is also captured watching tennis highlights five minutes later.

When contacted by The Advertiser, Mr Gee said to “report on real news”.

He later told 9 News the game “just popped up on my screen” and said he didn’t think he had anything to apologise for.

Pushed on whether it was a good look, he said he “could have been doing some other research” instead of playing Solitaire.

Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas said he’d spoken to Mr Gee and was disappointed he wasn’t using his time in Parliament “more productively”.

“This is clearly not consistent with the standards South Australians reasonably expect of Members of Parliament,” he said.

media_camera First, Jon Gee is caught on camera giving Solitaire a whirl …

media_camera … before the Labor MP gave Freecell a go.

Mr Wingard said it was “disappointing” to see Mr Gee playing solitaire during the hearing and said it was “perhaps disrespectful” to emergency service workers.

“I think South Australians expect their MPs to be engaged in the process, and asking questions, this is a chance to scrutinise the Budget and clearly that wasn’t the intention there,” he said.

“You’re there to do a job, you’re there to ask questions. We’ve got all the officials are there ready to take questions and it just shows he isn’t interested in what he’s doing.”

media_camera The Taylor MP was also caught watching tennis highlights.

Mr Gee, a former Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union organiser, has been in State Parliament since 2014. He was originally elected as the member for Napier (now King), but changed seats to Taylor at the 2018 state election.