Job Creation

Mr CREGAN (Kavel) (14:21): Can the Premier update the house on how the government is creating jobs and growing the economy?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Before I call the Premier, the member for Elizabeth can pay for that outburst and leave for 20 minutes under 137A. Let's just dial it down a bit, shall we?

The honourable member for Elizabeth having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:22): The government is working harder than ever to create new jobs and to grow the South Australian economy. There are just enormous opportunities in our state when it comes to defence and space and cyber and many of our very, very strong historic industries in South Australia. As many people would know, last week I travelled to Canberra and had a meeting—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —with the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Scott Morrison. I was able to provide him with a general update on our—

Members interjecting:

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —very significant industries in South Australia, like defence and space and cyber, and our skills preparedness for the jobs increases that we anticipate into the future. We know that the Australian Space Agency decision is already starting to yield results for our state. We know that the Prime Minister is currently in the United States. He was joining President Trump, and one of the key issues that they were talking about was the area and the opportunity—

Dr Close interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —which is space. The Prime Minister announced that an additional—

Dr Close interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned for a second and final time.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: One of the key points that the Prime Minister was making was about the enormous job opportunities that exist in the very large and growing global space sector. Of course, Australia was late to the opportunities in the space sector but, boy, they are making up for it in recent times, with the Prime Minister announcing in the US over the weekend that $150 million will be put on the table to join with NASA in their lunar mission.

Just 12 months after launching the Australian Space Agency, this sector is 100 per cent on track to triple in size, creating 20,000 new jobs in Australia. Of course, many of those jobs will be created right here in South Australia because, as every single South Australian knows, the Australian Space Agency is going to be based here, mission control is going to be based here, the space discovery centre is going to be based here and the largest space-related research program in the history of our country—$250 million over the next seven years—is going to be based right here in South Australia on Lot Fourteen.

There are many young people who are already getting super excited about the opportunities that exist in space. Most recently, we had the opportunity not only to launch but to kick off the space-related work experience program for secondary students in South Australia, launched at the Norwood Morialta High School earlier in the year by the Minister for Education in South Australia. Positions have already been allocated.

I am very grateful to the industry who will take these work experience students, giving them an insight into the future jobs that will exist in South Australia courtesy of this great working relationship that we now have between the federal government and the state government. All these jobs in the space sector are on top of other investments that will create new jobs in South Australia, like the growing interest in renewable hydrogen production. Today, of course—

Mr Hughes interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Giles is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —we welcome global leaders from 22 countries around the world to hear about our Hydrogen Action Plan in South Australia, which I launched earlier today.

Mr Hughes interjecting:

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Other key projects that will create jobs in South Australia—they hate it over there. They hate any good news. They absolutely hate every single bit of good news in this state.

Members interjecting:

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: They hate it. They hate job creation. They hate good news. Captain Negative over there—

The Hon. D.C. van Holst Pellekaan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Energy and Mining is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —just gets so excited when there is any hint of negativity in South Australia, but the problem is the good news keeps coming. I was up at Monarto last week, where a $40 million expansion of the Monarto Safari Park—

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan: When is the airport going in?

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —was announced, creating hundreds of new jobs in that very important area of our state. These sorts of initiatives will continue to grow the participation rate in South Australia and the number of people employed in South Australia. That is our focus and it will be every single day that we are in government.