House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Holden Coinvestment HOLDEN COINVESTMENT Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Norwood Leader of the Opposition HOLDEN COINVESTMENT Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): Whose responsibility was it, therefore, to contract that agreement that was made and confirm to the people of South Australia in March 2012? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Premier Minister for State Development Minister for the Public Sector Minister for the Arts HOLDEN COINVESTMENT The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:25): As I said, an agreement was reached. It was an agreement that was announced by Holden's, and then Holden's decided to shift their position and approached the previous federal government and put in front of them a changed business case because of changed international circumstances that the previous federal government acknowledged. All of the same officials that are advising the current federal government advised the previous federal government and they reached the conclusion that it was necessary to augment the amount that they provided to secure the future of Holden's. That is the simple truth of the matter and now the ball is in the court of the federal government and they need to act quickly, and I am very disturbed about the delay that they have announced today.