Employment Figures

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:53): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier explain why the employment participation rate is now lower than when he took office?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:53): Well, I don't have those statistics in front of me. I do note that in the most recent statistics there was a small fluctuation in January. We know that the January figures in terms of—

The Hon. A. Piccolo interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Light!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —participation can move around as people come out from being school students or go into being university students, but we will take a look at those issues. Obviously, our goal remains exactly and precisely the same: to create more employment in South Australia. That is why we put the strategies in place, but I am happy to look at those matters and come back to the house.