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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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State Liberal Government

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:14): My question is to the Premier. Has the Premier now lost control of the Liberal party room as well as control of the House of Assembly?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:14): I find this line of questioning from the Leader of the Opposition intriguing and instructive because I think it perfectly demonstrates what those opposite are interested in: politics and games. Let me tell you, sir, what we are focused on on this side of the house, and that is delivering for the people of South Australia. The people of South Australia elected a majority—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —Liberal reformist government—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —to fix the mess of 16 years of destruction that the previous government wrought on the people of our state. The simple fact is that they elected a government to deliver more jobs, lower costs and better services, and that is precisely what we are focused on—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The leader will cease interjecting.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —here in South Australia. When we look at the most recent ABS job statistics, we see South Australia doing well compared to just about any other place in the world. Now, those opposite hate this. They absolutely hate it. They hate—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: They are barracking for South Australia to fail, but South Australia will not fail. South Australia is united. Not only are we united in our focus—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —with the people of South Australia to take on this coronavirus from a health perspective but also, and most importantly, from an economic perspective, and that is where the partnership has come from: focused on keeping our state healthy but also keeping our economy strong and getting as many people back into employment as we possibly can. That is our focus.

We know those opposite have other areas that they focus on: games, intrigue, all sorts of political games. Not us. We are focused unequivocally on delivering for the people of South Australia. We were all elected—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —every, single member in this chamber, all 47 members—by our constituents to represent their interests here in this parliament, and we are charged with the responsibility every day of considering their interests. Well, their interests are about South Australia doing well with the coronavirus, making sure that we remain safe. We have done well to date.

There is no doubt about that whatsoever, but there will be some challenges this year as well, especially around the vaccination program, but we expect that cooperation, that partnership, that united focus that we have had in South Australia in the first part of the coronavirus—dealing with making sure that we get our testing up, our QR code adherence up in South Australia—will continue into the future. That's what the people of South Australia are focused on, and that is certainly what our government is focused on.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Before I call the leader, I call to order the member for Playford. I, call to order the member for Lee, I call to order the member for West Torrens and I call to order the leader.

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