Building Approval Values

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:24): My question—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I would like to hear the question and the answer.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —is to the Premier. Why have total building approval values in South Australia dropped from $521 million in March 2018 to $362 million in January 2019 under his government?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:25): Well, there is a slowing; there is no doubt about that, and that's something that we need to keep a very—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —close eye on. I have made a commitment to make sure that we will do that, but we won't be making knee-jerk reactions. We are satisfied with the overall economic performance of the state to date. It doesn't mean that every—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —single sector of our economy is firing at exactly the same time. That was never the case whilst the Labor Party was in government. It's never been the case for any government. So we will look at every sector very carefully. We will do what we can, but the reality is that we are satisfied with the performance of our economy, as evidenced by the state final demand figures for 2018 and, more particularly, the most recent figures, which were for the December quarter, where South Australia massively outstripped the national growth rate. I just refer the honourable member to those statistics.