EMPLOYMENT FIGURES

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:31): My question is to the Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills. Why did the minister say last Thursday that jobs 'remain at near record high levels' given that South Australia has lost 33,000 full-time jobs since the state budget?

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:31): There is a very important figure that the opposition is very keen on overlooking, and that figure is the 113,000 jobs that we created since we came to government.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary?