Question Time

CARBON TAX

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:14): I, too, will be sorry to see Gerry go, but I am glad he has not gone back to Scotland. My question is to the Premier: has he sought compensation from the Prime Minister for the increased state budget costs created by the carbon tax, given that the Victorian Liberal Premier (Ted Baillieu) requested and was granted compensation for the state of Victoria?

Last week I wrote to the Prime Minister requesting financial compensation for South Australia for the additional cost that the state budget will face because of the carbon tax. What have you done, Premier?

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) (14:15): It will be interesting to see what the reaction is to the Leader of the Opposition's letter, probably not much I would expect because we remember when her predecessor—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —said that he was going to go interstate and knock the heads together, put his—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —Liberal colleagues in a headlock and get them to agree to something and he came away looking humiliated. What we have been trying to do is to make sure that we get compensation—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —for Adelaide industries that were trade exposed, and I am very pleased to say that we have been successful in doing so.