Federal Labor Government

Ms O'HANLON (Dunstan) (14:21): My question is to the Premier. How is the state government working with the Albanese federal government to deliver for South Australia?

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (14:21): I want to thank the member for Dunstan for her question. The member for Dunstan spends a fair bit of time thinking about significant policy questions, not just for her community but also for the country. Of course, on Saturday, every Australian—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: You want to talk about taxation? I can't help but respond to that interjection. I am really looking forward to handing out how-to-votes on the weekend. I will be handing out how-to-votes in the seat of Sturt; in fact, I might even be doing it later today. I am going to be in the seat of Sturt and I am very much looking forward to, as I hand out how-to-vote cards, making the point that only a vote for Labor is a vote for lower taxes. If you don't want higher taxes, you have to put—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my left will come to order or you will leave question time.

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —James Stevens last, because if James Stevens is elected to the federal parliament as part of a Dutton Coalition—

The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta can leave until the end of question time.

The honourable member for Morialta having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: —one of the first things an elected Dutton government is going to do is jack up people's income tax—a stated policy position. I am very much looking forward to being in the seat of Sturt and saying, 'Labor equals lower taxes, Liberal equals higher taxes.' Apart from that point of difference—which I will very much enjoy prosecuting on Saturday to the good people of Sturt, and maybe later in the morning Boothby—it is worth reflecting on what has been achieved over the course of the last three years in the couple of minutes that I have left.

The federal Albanese Labor government has been a great partner in delivering changes for the people of South Australia in a way that makes a material difference, and I want to rip through a few examples, because these aren't small things, these are big projects for our state. There is a $2.4 billion package to save sovereign steelmaking in the city of Whyalla. There is $7.9 billion being invested in actually getting the north-south corridor completed. This was a project that started under Anthony Albanese as a transport and infrastructure project and it is a project that is set to be completed as a result of the decisions that Prime Minister Albanese has made regarding that project.

A massive advancement has occurred in respect of the AUKUS submarine program, with $450 million of construction activity underway. The training and skills academy has started construction. We have done the land swap in terms of Keswick, and also Munno Para, which is good for housing and good for defence jobs. We have the $400 million investment in the Flinders Medical Centre, which is a big investment for a federal government in a public hospital, the on/off ramps at Majors Road and tax cuts to all South Australians. In fact, nine out of 10 workers in South Australia are better off as a result of the tax cuts that Labor has delivered.

We also have record low unemployment, energy bill relief—including bill relief for small businesses—the six urgent care clinics for Medicare, $95 million of cheaper medicines in South Australia alone, $1 billion extra for public schools in South Australia so they are finally fully funded, and then, of course, 18,200 fee-free places for TAFE—and that's just the beginning. We look forward to the opportunity to continue to work with the Albanese government should the Australian people decide that at the next election.