Sean Edwards (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Finance and representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to information obtained under freedom of information from the South Australian government on Olympic Dam that shows that $1.1 billion of economic activity will be lost and 5,000 jobs forgone over the next three years, while 25,000 jobs were to be created over the life of the project. What message does the minister have for the people of South Australia, where unemployment recently rose to 5.7 per cent and as high as 9.4 per cent in some electorates, like Wakefield?