ForestrySA

Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop) (15:15): I have a further supplementary to the Treasurer: why has the Treasurer abandoned the government's promise to ForestrySA workers given that he said on 20 May, 'If we have made commitments to the South-East we'll honour them'.

The SPEAKER: That is not a supplementary, it is a separate question. Treasurer.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (15:15): Well, that's what you get for asking the right question at the wrong time. You should have asked that first rather than now.

Ms Chapman: How about an answer?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: The reality is that if the members for MacKillop and Mount Gambier are interested in economic growth in the South-East, they will drop their proposed ban on unconventional gas in the South-East.

Ms Chapman: How about an answer?

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned for the second time.

Mr WILLIAMS: Point of order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Fancy, Mr Speaker, a former shadow mining minister proposing a ban on unconventional gas.

The SPEAKER: Is the Treasurer finished?

An honourable member: Chuck him out!

The SPEAKER: Is the Treasurer finished?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Yes.

The SPEAKER: Then the point of order would be redundant.