House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Employment Figures EMPLOYMENT FIGURES Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Norwood Leader of the Opposition EMPLOYMENT FIGURES Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:23): Of the Premier's most recent 100,000 new jobs commitment, made in this house yesterday, what is the breakdown between full-time and part-time jobs? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Premier. The Hon. J.W. Weatherill House of Assembly The Hon. J.W. Weatherill: Could he repeat the question? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Yes, could you repeat the question, leader? I commend you on your questions being so swift, but please repeat it. Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Mr MARSHALL: Of the Premier's most recent 100,000 new jobs commitment, made in this house yesterday, what is the breakdown between full-time and part-time jobs? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Premier Minister for State Development Minister for the Public Sector Minister for the Arts The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:25): The Leader of the Opposition is obviously being tutored by the member for Waite there about trickiness in asking questions— Members interjecting: The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Member for Davenport. I've completely maligned the member for Waite. Sorry. The question somehow tries to suggest that there's a new and different commitment that was given yesterday as opposed to the commitment that was given at the 2010 election. Mr Gardner House of Assembly Mr Gardner: What's the answer? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Well, if you listen you will hear the answer. The 2010 commitment is about the creation of 100,000 new jobs over six years. That's the nature of the commitment. Mr Pisoni interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I call the member for Unley to order. The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: But there is no particular breakdown in that commitment about part-time or full-time employment. It's 100,000 new jobs, just as we have created over 120,000 jobs—I think something like 126,000 new jobs—up to this point in the history of the life of this government. So, we have set ourselves a— Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Mr MARSHALL: Point of order, Mr Speaker. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Point of order from the Leader of the Opposition. Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Mr MARSHALL: Standing order 98—relevance. My question really talked about yesterday's new commitment to create 100,000 new jobs between now and 2016, the commitment you made in this parliament yesterday. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Premier. The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Mr Speaker, if that's going to be the standard that the new Leader of the Opposition is going to descend to, that is the tricky sort of question, then— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Premier, be seated. The member for Unley, I hope this is a point of order. Mr PISONI House of Assembly Mr PISONI: The member can't impute improper motives on other members and I ask him to withdraw. The term 'tricky' I would describe as being improper. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I'll take that question on notice. That is a pretty fine argument to make and we would be breaking new ground if we couldn't call each other tricky. I'll take it on notice. Premier. The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Look, the substance of the commitment was that we were going to create 100,000 jobs over the next six years. We continue to maintain that commitment. Nothing yesterday should be taken as anything other than endorsing that commitment.