House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Election Commitments Election Commitments Mr ODENWALDER House of Assembly Elizabeth Election Commitments Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth) (14:20): My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer advise the house whether the government has received any correspondence about the need to deliver on their election commitments? The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer Election Commitments The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer) (14:21): I am pleased to inform the house that the government is in receipt of correspondence from members of the community about the importance of delivering election commitments. I have an example to share with the house that demonstrates just how important it is that the government delivers its election commitments. The correspondence actually was to the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing and it reads: Dear Minister, I write to seek a guarantee that the State Labor Government will deliver $320,000 towards the installation of new lights and other capital works at the Hectorville Sports and Community Club... Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, member for West Torrens! The Treasurer has the call. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: I continue: Since the establishment of the Club in 1964, the Club has advanced into an engaging sporting organisation and offers a range of sporting and social activities for the community. Approximately 2,500 people are associated with the Club, either through a sport, parent roles and social and community groups—therefore this funding would be beneficial for everyone involved. The correspondence continues and it gets more interesting: At the 2018 State Election, I made a commitment to the Club for the upgrade of the women's changerooms—I was pleased to deliver on this commitment, with the former Liberal Government providing $280,000 of funding for the construction of the changerooms, now open for use. I look forward to hearing from you. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta, order! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It makes it very clear that when those opposite seek to query this government's commitments that we made at the election to deliver improvements for sporting community clubs— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —they deliberately speak with a forked tongue. There is one standard for them when they are in government and another standard that they seek to hold us to account. This is from not just any member of the community, not just anyone with an interest in this Hectorville club, but from the member for Hartley. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: The member for Hartley! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Badcoe! Member for Morialta! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Not only a frontbencher at the moment— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morphett! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —and fourth in line, but also a former cabinet minister— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —let alone one of the many Speakers that those opposite went through during the previous election. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It is clear that when those opposite seek to criticise this government— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta is on two warnings. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —for delivering every single one of our election commitments they speak with a forked tongue— The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —because remember, Mr Speaker, unlike those opposite who broke election commitment after election commitment that they made in 2018— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Do you remember the tram— Ms Stinson interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Badcoe! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —will turn right— The Hon. J.K. Szakacs interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Cheltenham! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —or that we will have GlobeLink and GlobeLink will definitely happen? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: We don't have a privatisation agenda—remember all these election commitments? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Wright! Member for Cheltenham! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Fortunately, they made room for some election commitments. They just happened to be upgrades— Mr Cowdrey interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Colton! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —to sporting— The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Treasurer The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —and community clubs, just like what they are criticising us for now. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! There is a spirit of lively debate in the room, but I do remind members of the standing orders.