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) (14:32): 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 House of Assembly Hartley Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills Minister for Science and Information Economy EMPLOYMENT FIGURES 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 House of Assembly 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 House of Assembly 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 House of Assembly 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.