House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Election Commitments Election Commitments Ms LUETHEN House of Assembly King Election Commitments Ms LUETHEN (King) (14:17): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier please— Ms Hildyard House of Assembly Ms Hildyard: Is it about Service SA? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Reynell is called to order. Ms LUETHEN House of Assembly Ms LUETHEN: Can the Premier update the house on specifically what actions this government has taken over the last 12 months to create more jobs, to lower costs and to deliver better services? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Premier The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:17): Well, sir— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Premier, please be seated for one moment. I am going to ask the member for Playford to leave for half an hour for leading that cacophony of noise. The honourable member for Playford having withdrawn from the chamber: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I know it's hard, but please. The Premier has the call. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: That's all they have, sir: fake laughter. That's all they've got. They don't even have any fake policies, only fake laughter. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I answer this question with a great deal of pride. We have just commemorated the first anniversary of the government coming into power on 17 March last year— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —when we took to the people of South Australia our strong plan for real change in South Australia. We promised more jobs, lower costs and better services— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —and that's exactly and precisely what we did deliver. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Elizabeth is warned and called to order. The member for Reynell is warned for a second and final time. Ms Hildyard House of Assembly Ms Hildyard: I haven't been called to order. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: You have been upgraded. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Don't argue with the Speaker; it never does you any good. We delivered to the people of South Australia a comprehensive policy agenda which we took to the election, a strong plan for real change in South Australia: more jobs, lower costs, better services and that's precisely what we have delivered. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: And the reality is— Mr Malinauskas interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition, please! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —this state is feeling more confident in getting on with it under this government than we saw after the last 16 years— The Hon. Z.L. Bettison interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Ramsay! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —of fake fights with Canberra, picking fights with everybody and talking down this state. It's been like a massive burden lifted from the people of our state. Earlier, I talked about our massive payroll tax relief for businesses in this state, designed to stimulate further economic activity in South Australia. We also delivered $200 million to go into new apprenticeships and traineeships in South Australia. Those opposite had allowed our vocational education and training to really dissolve into a quite worrying mess. Since then, there has been $200 million worth of new money to create 20,800— The Hon. A. Koutsantonis House of Assembly The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Unemployment's up. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is warned. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —apprenticeships and traineeships in South Australia. I would like to commend the minister for innovation and skills for his hard work in this particular area. We have been working very hard to lower costs— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —on households, families and businesses in this state. One of the principal things that we did was deliver on our election commitment to halve the emergency services levy in South Australia, providing massive relief—$360 million worth of relief—which is stimulating economic activity in South Australia. I would like to commend the Minister for Energy and Mining for the great work that he has been doing— Mr Hughes interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Giles is called to order. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —with the home battery storage system—money which is going to support people— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —putting in storage systems for their rooftop solar PV so that they can lower their costs and, most importantly, lower the total cost of energy consumption in South Australia. I read with great interest today in the paper that a parliamentary inquiry heard yesterday that energy prices in South Australia are trending down. They hated that. The only thing that was ever trending up in South Australia under those opposite was energy prices. There was never any good news whatsoever. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: The Minister for Sport and Recreation has been doing what he can to provide relief to families to provide them with an increase in the sports vouchers program, and I know that that has been fantastic. Also, the Minister for Human Services has abolished those screening costs and fees for our— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —hardworking volunteers in South Australia. We have been reactivating— Mr Odenwalder interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Elizabeth is warned. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —the Repat. Those opposite said, 'We will never close the Repat.' That was until they signed a deal to close the Repat. We tore up that contract. We believe in health services and building up our health services— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —so we are regenerating the Repat. We are putting money into Modbury. We are putting money into The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and we are doing every single thing we can to put the people of South Australia first.