House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-06-05 Daily Xml

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BUDGET FORECAST

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:41): My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier agree with the former treasurer, the member for Playford, the immediate past treasurer, last year's treasurer, who told parliament on 20 June last year, 'It would be the equivalent of me going to the Motor Accident Commission and raiding its reserves in order to prop up the budget. I do not think that would be a wise or sustainable thing to do'?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:41): I think that the former treasurer's remarks and the context in which he made them were appropriate remarks.