Refugees

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:13): Supplementary, Mr Speaker: we've heard about those leading the charge, but what about the details of the campaign, Treasurer, when will we hear about that? This is going to be a long campaign, there will be many, many people involved. We want to know how substantive the state government's response is going to be.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (15:13): The government's response will be substantive, Mr Speaker. I can reassure members opposite we want to make sure we look after people when they get here, that we have a conversation with the commonwealth government about what services they will provide, and there should be a clear delineation between the commonwealth and the state. Obviously, we want to make sure that our local communities are comfortable, that they are well informed, that we have information programs go out, that of course we do what we can with communities that are already here to provide assistance. There will be language issues, there will be health issues, there will be educational issues, trauma issues.

There will be a whole range of responses, but we are in discussions with the commonwealth government about how best to do that and, of course, we are attempting to understand what our contribution was last time, but we've come to some difficulty. It's very hard to find records of what the previous government did when we had the last Kosovo exchange here in South Australia—

Dr McFetridge: Warradale—they went down to Warradale.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I know where they were housed. We're just trying to find what services were provided, what it cost, how much was allocated. Those numbers don't seem to exist.

Mr Bell: Stop copying the Liberals and do your own.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: 'Stop copying the Liberals.' We're a competent government that wins elections, so we're not copying you. We will do what we can for those Syrian refugees.