House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time State Debt State Debt Mr MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Leader of the Opposition 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 House of Assembly Dunstan Premier State Debt 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 House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Mawson is called to order. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Even confronted with a— The Hon. A. Koutsantonis House of Assembly The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Where are your land tax increases in that document? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is still interjecting when the Premier has the call. The Hon. A. Koutsantonis House of Assembly The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Sorry, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: He is on one warning. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly 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 House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —building our economy, growing our economy and growing jobs. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is warned for a second and final time. The member for Lee has the call.