EMPLOYMENT FIGURES

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:32): Supplementary, sir. Why has South Australia lost more full-time jobs in the last five months than in any other five-month period since jobs data collection began 35 years ago?

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:32): Thank you, sir, and I am very pleased for the opportunity to address a supplementary, because I can give the second half of that response to the earlier question. We created 113,000 jobs—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta is warned for the first time and the member for Kavel is returning to his old ways. Minister.

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: We created 113,000 jobs, and nearly 60,000 of them are full-time. How many did the opposition create when they were in charge? Not even 6,000—5,800 full-time jobs. Are they honestly suggesting that we do not know what we are doing when it comes to jobs creation?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Before the supplementary, would the leader be seated? The member for Heysen is warned for the second and final time. A second supplementary on question 5. The leader.