CAPITAL PROJECTS

Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (14:37): Can the Treasurer advise the house which capital projects have been delayed or are over budget as a result of the $68 million capital project slippage he announced to the house yesterday, in the 2006-07 budget review?

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Federal/State Relations) (14:37): I don't know why the other members of the opposition bother turning up. I mean, honestly, you could be out doing something more productive.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: The one man opposition. The Hercules of the Liberal Party.

Mr Koutsantonis interjecting:

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: The hero or the Nero?

Mr Koutsantonis: The Nero—play it while it burns!

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: Anyway, I wonder whether any of you are starting to feel that you are a bit irrelevant.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: Sorry, sir; I am just in a good mood today. Capital slippage, again, is a feature of every budget, and it occurred in every single budget that you lot brought down. A $68 million slippage—and I do not have the exact capital number in front of me, but with a six or seven or eight hundred spend, whatever the capital spend—is eminently understandable. You do not land every single project on time and on dollar in one calendar year. They slip into the next. That really is a very, very silly question.