Dana Wortley (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It comes as no surprise that those opposite want to pick on an issue like this rather than to stand up and speak about the policies which they do not have—the policies that they will not be able to deliver on in South Australia. We know that in South Australia the government has been delivering to the people. We know that South Australia is a state moving forward. The imagining, the thinking and the learning of the Rann government is something that South Australians should be proud of. In fact, we know that it has been the Rann government that has really brought South Australia into the 21st century.

Let us have a look at the state’s strategic plan, which sets out the goals of the government—its targets—and articulates the vision of the future. South Australia, under the Labor government, looks to a strong, safe, fair, healthy, smart and, in fact, green future. Let us look at just some of these things. An example of the Labor government’s imaginative, thoughtful and open style of innovative government is that of action on the environment. It surprises me that those opposite would want to touch on the environment as a means of speaking about the South Australian election. Let me tell you that the Rann government goes to the election with a proud record on the environment in South Australia. Let us just have a look at that.