House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Premier's Delivery Unit Premier's Delivery Unit Mr COWDREY House of Assembly Colton Premier's Delivery Unit Mr COWDREY (Colton) (14:20): My question is to the Premier. What is the nature of the advice that Mr Peter Hanlon provides to the Premier's Delivery Unit? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain. Leave granted. Mr COWDREY House of Assembly Colton Mr COWDREY: On 891 ABC Adelaide on 11 September, the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure described Mr Peter Hanlon as, and I quote, 'an adviser to the Premier and an entrepreneur and a filmmaker'. The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (14:21): I thank the shadow Treasurer for his question. Yes, Mr Hanlon has been appointed by the Premier's Delivery Unit within the public sector to provide strategic advice to the Premier's Delivery Unit. I have been advised by the Chief Executive Officer of the Premier's Delivery Unit (PDU) about the value of Mr Hanlon's advice, and it has been substantial. He does a range of different— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier has the call. The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —things within the PDU. For instance, he has the capacity to be able to engage in a more thorough analysis or a deeper dive of a particular department if there is an incapacity or a capacity question around its ability to be able to honour and deliver election commitments. We had hundreds of election commitments that we made to the people of South Australia in the lead-up to the election. Some of them vary in complexity, some are pretty stock standard and they are easy to deliver, and we have largely done that through the budget process. But more difficult and more complex ones— The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta, order! The Hon. J.K. Szakacs interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, member for Cheltenham! The Premier has the call. The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —where there is more complex work required, we see there is greater value in the PDU being able to make sure we are delivering our election commitments. Now, why does this matter? The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta! The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: Because many of us in this place have witnessed firsthand what government looks like when they don't deliver on election commitments. Many of us can recall— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —in the not too distant past, governments not just failing to deliver on election commitments, but actively— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —breaking election commitments— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Morialta is warned. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Florey! Member for Playford! The member for Morialta is warned. The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —and we saw the consequence of that. So as a government— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Schubert! Member for Chaffey! The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —we are putting in place a range of measures— The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Morialta! The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —that the day-to-day operations of the government don't sidetrack us from the fundamental commitments that we made to the people of South Australia. The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta is on two warnings. The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: And one by one each of those election commitments are being ticked off on. Already— Mrs Hurn interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Schubert! The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —some 17 or 18 months in the life of this government, we have already honoured hundreds of commitments that we have made to the people of South Australia, and that work will continue. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta is on a final warning and the member for Schubert is on two. The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Premier The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: We are very grateful for what the PDU is providing to the government in order to deliver on those commitments, and we expect it to continue in the years ahead.