House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time ForestrySA FORESTRYSA Mr PEDERICK House of Assembly Hammond FORESTRYSA Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:11): My supplementary question is to the Premier. Will the government guarantee that there will be no ForestrySA job losses as a result of the sale of ForestrySA's timber harvests? The Premier said on 8 December 2011: ForestrySA jobs will be maintained. They'll be a condition of the sale. They'll be enforceable conditions. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Hammond, I do not think that was a supplementary. I am not quite sure how you defined it, but I will count it as a question. Treasurer. The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Workers Rehabilitation Minister for Defence Industries Minister for Veterans' Affairs The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Treasurer, Minister for Workers Rehabilitation, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:12): The fact is that ForestrySA is an independent statutory corporation. It has its own board. The employees of ForestrySA— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: The employees of ForestrySA— Mr Pederick House of Assembly Mr Pederick: Their jobs are gone. The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —are public sector workers. They have the same rights and conditions as other public sector workers. There would be no forced redundancies under any circumstances. The government's 'no forced redundancy' provisions promise, commitment, continues until the election.