Regional Employment

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:07): My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. Is the minister satisfied with the Premier's explanation as to why the government is providing less than one-seventh of the funding per job lost in Whyalla and Port Augusta versus that provided to job losses anticipated in northern Adelaide?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (15:07): Mr Speaker, as I indicated before—

The SPEAKER: The member for Adelaide is warned.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: I think the Premier answered the question a bit earlier but, as I indicated in answer to the question before from the Leader of the Opposition, what I have done is brought forward round 3 of my Regional Development Fund and I am asking the federal government to match that $7 million, and the minister has not ruled that out. I asked members on the other side to contact their—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: I asked members on the other side to support that and do the lobbying on behalf of that, and I asked their federal colleagues to do the same.