Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Business Confidence Business Confidence The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Business Confidence The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:06): Supplementary— The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister! Allow the Leader of the Opposition to ask his supplementary. The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Supplementary, Mr President: on the indicators that the minister used, what are the percentage changes from the last survey. With the surveys that he has indicated, can he indicate what period those surveys relate to, what the lag time between the reporting was; that is, do most of these figures relate to the economic environment that was produced under a Labor government? The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council Minister for Trade The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:07): I thank the honourable member for his supplementary question. This is about business confidence. Business confidence has been our— Members interjecting: The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I have got the countdown app here and I will see. I will just remind people of the number of days. This is about confidence and it is 80 days, 21 hours, 37 minutes and 52 seconds since the Marshall Liberal government was elected and that is what we have seen in this survey: people are happy and confident after those 80-odd days. The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order, Mr President: the question from the Leader of the Opposition was not how long the government has been in place; it is how long has this survey taken, and what period of time was the survey taken over? What was the delay time, and it did it actually relate to previous government policies? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Thank you for the clarification. It is not technically a point of order but I am giving the minister some latitude and I am sure he will come to that. Minister, have you completed your answer? The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Yes, I have completed my answer.