House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Land Tax Land Tax The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Land Tax The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:49): My question is to the Premier. As the leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party, is the Premier concerned that prominent Liberal supporters are being targeted for speaking out against his land tax reforms? The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Premier Land Tax The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:49): No, I'm not concerned by that because I don't think that is what is occurring. We are very keen to pursue this reform on behalf of the entire state— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —and on behalf of the—well, if you like, the opportunity to grow our economy and to grow jobs in South Australia. That's our primary focus; it has been our primary focus from the moment that we envisaged these major reforms. We have said that South Australia has been uncompetitive because of the very high land tax rate that was imposed upon them over a long period of time by those opposite. We found it unacceptable in opposition, we have sought this opportunity and we are presenting it to the people of South Australia. Consultation is open now until 2 October. We hope to introduce this legislation into the parliament next month. We do that because we want to get the legislation passed. On 1 July next year, we'll see those tax cuts—those massive land tax cuts—in South Australia start to flow through. As soon as that starts to flow through, I'm sure we are going to get a massive increase in investment in South Australia and more jobs in our state.