House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Public Sector Employment PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT The Hon. I.F. EVANS House of Assembly Davenport PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (15:16): My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the government stand by his letters of 2 March and 9 March to the Public Service Association guaranteeing no forced redundancies in the public sector? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Minister for Education Minister for Early Childhood Development PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Minister for Education, Minister for Early Childhood Development) (15:16): I think the Premier and the Deputy Premier have made it clear that our primary responsibility is to deliver to this community a sustainable budget. We have brought down that budget. In that budget, we have made it clear that the election commitment that we made in relation to no forced redundancies will stand, but we have also made it clear that, if we are unable to achieve the savings task that we have set ourselves, we will revisit that commitment. That is completely consistent with our election promise.