Ministerial Statement

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS (LIFETIME SUPPORT SCHEME) BILL

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (14:01): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Last night, South Australian motorists got a step closer to a big cost of living saving because the Legislative Council supported the government's reforms to the compulsory third-party scheme. These reforms will create a fairer and more affordable compulsory third-party scheme for South Australian motorists. Under the new laws, the cost of registering a typical class 1 passenger vehicle from 1 July this year will reduce by more than $104. There will also be a continuing saving—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Shame? I think I heard 'shame' from the benches opposite. Well, I could understand why they are upset. There will be a continuing saving of $44 per year from 1 July 2014 onwards. This means more cash will be left in the pockets of hardworking South Australian families. A family who needs a car to get to work and another car to drop the kids off at school will save nearly $300 over the next two years.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Minister for Health, would you be seated. To save on interjections, if any member of Her Majesty's loyal opposition wishes to record that he or she did not yell 'shame' in response to the health minister's utterance then, of course, it is open to you to make a personal explanation.

The Hon. I.F. Evans: All 25 of us?

The SPEAKER: Yes, indeed. The member for MacKillop.