House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-10-30 Daily Xml

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HOLDEN COINVESTMENT

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): A question of clarification. Can the Premier outline to the house whose responsibility it was to execute that deal that the Premier told the people of South Australia was done in March 2012, and who failed to sign that contract?

The SPEAKER: Well, if failure it be. Premier.

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:26): I do not accept the premise of the question. We outlined to the house—indeed, we had a debate where we produced a document that documented precisely the nature of the agreement that was reached with Holden's. It was a document that was authorised by Holden's. It was presented to this very house. It set out the fact of the South Australian government's contribution and the commonwealth's contribution and it set out the fact that there would be two new models built here. It secured the future of Holden's until 2022.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I warn the deputy leader for the second and final time. The member for Frome.