House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Employment Figures Employment Figures The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee 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 House of Assembly Dunstan Premier Employment Figures 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 House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Light! The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly 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.