Land Tax

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:15): My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier have the full support of his backbench for the land tax aggregation policy?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:15): Absolutely.

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

The SPEAKER: The member for Mawson is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: The Liberal party room works through all the issues associated with our legislative agenda, and we are working through the issues with regard to—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader, be quiet!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —this land tax issue. And, yes, people have made representations to me on behalf of members of their electorates, and I'm very happy to receive that information from individual members. We work through each and every one of them.

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

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I just make the point that we are sitting down with the industry; we are consulting with the industry. They have some numbers that they want to put forward to us. We are happy to receive those numbers. We will ultimately—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —land on a piece of legislation which we will introduce to—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —the parliament before the end of the year, and we do this because we want to get this legislation through. We want to get the rate reductions through for 1 July next year because what we are promising the people of South Australia is an overall land tax reduction in South Australia. We know this will be an economic stimulus. We know this will create jobs. It will move us forward—

Dr Close interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —towards our agenda of growing our economy, creating jobs and keeping more young people here in South Australia.