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Land Tax

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:36): My question is to the Premier. Why have the Master Builders Association, the Motor Trade Association, the Urban Development Institute of Australia and Business SA not been consulted regarding this latest land tax change and not announced support for land tax 5.0?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:37): We are out, talking to industry all the time. Most of those organisations that you talked to I have spoken to in the last 24 hours, so I don't know—

Mr Szakacs interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Cheltenham is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: The Leader of the Opposition doesn't like an answer so he asks another question.

The Hon. V.A. Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Why don't you sit there and listen to the answer? This is the problem with this Leader of the Opposition. He is like this blob, this jellyfish, with no spine whatsoever. He has no spine, no backbone, gutless, not up for reform in government, doesn't want to take responsibility for the policy failure in his areas over a long period of time.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Could the Premier please be seated for one moment. There is a point of order from the member for Lee.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It is long-established principle that it is unparliamentary to refer to other members as animals.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I'm happy to withdraw that the Leader of the Opposition is a jellyfish.

The SPEAKER: Thank you. The Premier has withdrawn.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: But he does have some characteristics common to a jellyfish, but I agree we should not refer to the Leader of the Opposition as a jellyfish.

The SPEAKER: No, we should not—or any other insect or animal or otherwise.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: The point I am trying to make is that there is no backbone to this opposition leader. He is the weakest opposition leader we have seen.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: He couldn't make a decision for months and months and months and then he consulted with people. He didn't like what he heard, so he consulted with other people.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Premier, be seated for one moment. Members on my left—

Mr Boyer interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Wright, you can pay for the sins of your colleagues for that outburst of interjection. You can leave for the remainder of question time.

The honourable member for Wright having withdrawn from the chamber:

The SPEAKER: There was a tidal wave of interjections during the Premier's answer. I appreciate that the Premier did not do his best to curtail the interjections; however, interjections are disorderly. I ask them to cease. I have pulled up the Premier for that reflection. He withdrew the statement. I would like to listen to the Premier's answer. The Premier has the call.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: As I was saying, we have been consulting for a very long period of time, since the day that the budget was brought down. We said that we would listen to the people of South Australia, and we have responded to the consultation that we had with people. I think what we have before the house at the moment is a balanced position of reform, which will be a fairer land tax system and lower land tax.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: What are those opposite doing?

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: What are those opposite doing? They are denying $90 million worth of tax cuts to the people of South Australia. They said, 'No, no, no. You are not going to have the tax cuts,' because those opposite—

Mr Picton interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna is warned for the second time.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —are in love with taxes. They love taxes. When they were in government, at every single opportunity the member for West Torrens, and before him the former member for Playford, would sit there at night—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —doodling and they would think, 'How can I create a new tax?' They dreamed up some beauties: the car park tax and the bank tax. They removed—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: That's a tax cut. That's a tax cut that you are blocking. This is the problem. There is a basic lack of understanding. There is a basic lack of understanding because what we are putting forward are $90 million worth of tax cuts over a three-year period, starting on 1 July next year. That is what we are putting forward. Those opposite, when they were in government, proposed all sorts of things: a car park tax and bank taxes. At one stage they flirted with the idea of—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —putting a tax on the family home. The former premier of South Australia said that he wanted to have a 50 per cent increase in the GST rate in South Australia. At every single opportunity, they were grabbing money out of the pockets of hardworking South Australians. By contrast, we have done everything we can—every single thing we can—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —to reduce that burden on South Australians and this is the next tranche. The only thing—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —that is stopping $90 million worth of land tax cuts flowing through to our economy, creating jobs in South Australia, is the Australian Labor Party—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —because they like taxes. They want to increase taxes—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —at every single opportunity. Heaven help our state if they ever get back on the treasury bench because it will be an absolute disaster. The member for West Torrens has all this idle time sitting over there, dreaming up new ways to pinch the people of South Australia. We are very happy with what we have put forward. It has been widely consulted. It's before the parliament and the only thing that is standing in the way now of a massive tax reduction come 1 July next year is the Australian Labor Party.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna is warned for a second and final time. The member for Florey is patiently waiting, then the member for Lee and then the member for Kavel. The member for Florey.

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