Unemployment Figures

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:14): I have a supplementary question for the Premier. Can the Premier advise of the change in the participation rate he claims is causing the rise in the unemployed in South Australia?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:15): I don't have those statistics with me.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Ms Stinson: Just making it up as you go along.

The SPEAKER: The member for Badcoe is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: But it just shows you where we are at at the moment.

Mr Brown interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Playford is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Those opposite want to take every opportunity to talk down our state. The reality is, on any measure, we are doing far better than this state was doing after 16 years of your hopeless mismanagement.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I was very interested the other day to take a look at the ANZ Stateometer report. The ANZ Stateometer report—

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan: Your mates, the banks.

The SPEAKER: Member for Lee!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —showed us in the top right-hand quadrant. I will tell you where we were under those opposite—

The Hon. Z.L. Bettison interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Ramsay!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —in the bottom left-hand quadrant. The entire time you were in office: underperforming, holding this state back, a massive handbrake on our economy. Well, we are releasing that handbrake. We are building business confidence. We are building consumer confidence. The people of South Australia—

Mr Boyer interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Wright is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —feel far more confident than they did under the regime that you presided over after 16 years. So it's time for you guys—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —to change your tune. I thought this might have happened after Sunday morning's poll. I thought they might have gone back and maybe reflected on their constant negativity.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I thought they might have reflected on their constant negativity. The Leader of the Opposition at the moment is less popular than Bill Shorten. The only people voting for Bill Shorten are friends and family. The reality is that constant negativity—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —is not what the people of South Australia want. They want ideas, they want to move this state forward, they want jobs and they want a reformed economy and that is exactly and precisely what this united, hardworking, dedicated Liberal government is delivering every single day that we are in office.

The SPEAKER: If I am not mistaken, the votes for the major parties went up. The member for King. I will come back to the Leader of the Opposition.