State Debt

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:17): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier advise the house what he told South Australians before the election, that he would be increasing debt to $21 billion?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:17): We worked very hard after the 2014 election on what those settings would be. We made it very clear in chapter 9 of '2036' that what we would do was focus on bringing down balanced budgets. That was something that was very important to us as a party.

The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Mawson is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Even confronted with a—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Where are your land tax increases in that document?

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is still interjecting when the Premier has the call.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Sorry, sir.

The SPEAKER: He is on one warning.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Even when the budget has the incredible headwinds of a $2.3 billion writedown in GST revenue and other areas of state revenue, we are still in a position to continue to grow our economy. We are pleased with the budget. It is a budget which is focused on—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —building our economy, growing our economy and growing jobs.

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is warned for a second and final time. The member for Lee has the call.