Fund My Neighbourhood

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:11): A supplementary arising from the original answer: the Treasurer has characterised this as a waste of money. Does the Treasurer have a particular disdain for a particular community that received funding, such as Mount Gambier or Tumby Bay, or does he hold all communities in equal disdain?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:11): The only disdain I hold is for the Leader of the Opposition and the failed former Labor government. Importantly, it is not the disdain that I hold for the former Labor government; the people of South Australia held the former Labor government in disdain, because they threw out of office the Hon. Mr Maher, the Hon. Mr Hunter and they threw out of office the former Labor government. Most importantly, it is not the view that I have, it is the view the people of South Australia have. The vast majority of them expressed that comprehensively on 17 March.