House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Economic Stimulus Package ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite Leader of the Opposition ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (14:34): My question is again to the Premier. What new projects, if any, did he ask the federal government to fund when he met the Prime Minister on 30 January 2009? The Premier is reported— The Hon. K.O. Foley interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. K.O. Foley House of Assembly The Hon. K.O. Foley: Is this the best you can do today? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Deputy Premier will come to order! Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Mr HAMILTON-SMITH: The Premier is reported to have submitted a list of projects for federal funding which are already state government funded, including rail electrification, desalination plants and roadworks on South Road, which were all part of last year's budget. The Prime Minister is reported to have been 'dismayed at the lack of planning by some states for their own infrastructure needs'. The Hon. P.F. Conlon interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Minister for Transport will come to order. Mr O'Brien interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Napier! Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Mr HAMILTON-SMITH: The Prime Minister indicated that he is 'determined his cash is not used to fill the gaps'. The Premier told the— The Hon. K.O. FOLEY House of Assembly The Hon. K.O. FOLEY: On a point of order, Mr Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition is quoting the Prime Minister. Is he quoting him in total or is he making it up? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Deputy Premier will take his seat. There is no point of order. I am wondering, though, the extent to which this explanation is adding anything to the question. However, I will let the leader continue for the moment. Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Mr HAMILTON-SMITH: Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Premier told the house just a moment ago that leaders who attempt to do so should be named and shamed. The Hon. M.D. RANN House of Assembly Ramsay Premier Minister for Economic Development Minister for Social Inclusion Minister for the Arts Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (14:36): I guess that if you have a slate of questions that have been written out for you by the same people who wrote that famous Frome declaration you basically have to stick to it, even though you know what the truth is. Can I say that the Prime Minister, in fact, said the reverse: he was incredibly impressed by the fact that the South Australian bids were all about things that could happen as quickly as possible, rather than having to make acquisitions of land and purchase corridors—we own the corridors. So, what was it about? There were new transport projects. There were new health projects. It was a doubling of existing projects. There was the bringing forward of projects that were slated for two years from now. Of course, you have a choice to make: either you support me and the Prime Minister in wanting to get this activity going or you support Malcolm Turnbull, who does not want a cent of it to be spent in South Australia.