State Budget

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:21): My question again is to the Premier. Why did the Commercial and Economics Branch of the Department of Treasury and Finance receive an additional $13½ million and 15 FTEs in the state budget?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:21): I don't have that level of detail. It seems to me that that would be a question better directed to the Treasurer or in estimates.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Mawson is warned for a second and final time.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Sir, those opposite suggest that I should be aware of every detail in the entire state budget—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Ramsay is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —but the reality is that those opposite have an opportunity to come into question time here or in the other place—it would be logical to address the question to the person responsible for that area of the budget—

Mr Brown: The government is formed here. You're the Premier.

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —in the other place—but those opposite have sought not to do so or to hold the question over for estimates. I can only presume that just a few minutes into question time—19 minutes in—they have completely and utterly run out of questions.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Giles is warned. Member for Lee.