House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Public Service Cuts PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS The Hon. I.F. EVANS House of Assembly Davenport PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:56): My question is again to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer be maintaining the government's budget position of cutting almost 4,000 public sector full-time jobs? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Employment PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Treasurer, Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education) (14:56): I do not know how many times I can try and vary the answer a bit to essentially what is the same question. This government is committed to financial sustainability. I am committed as Treasurer to financial sustainability. I will not allow the state to essentially run up a credit card debt which gets left to our— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I will not— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I will not allow this state to run up a credit card debt which gets left to our children to have to pay, and that is what the opposition would have us do. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order!