Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

There you see again the desperation of Senator Wong as I'm highlighting the litany of failures that have beset South Australia under her mate's government—Jay Weatherill's government—like the Oakden aged-care scandal. Of course, there have been multiple child abuse scandals. As I've said before, there has been the TAFE training scandal lately. We've seen all of these problems bank up one after another after another after another. South Australian voters aren't going to be fooled by a few Labor Party questions during question time in the Senate or by a five-minute rant from Senator Wong into thinking, 'Actually, Jay Weatherill is doing okay,' because there was no defence of Jay in anything that Senator Wong actually said.

If Senator Wong wants to engage in a discussion about the South Australian election, let's have a discussion about the South Australian election. Let's do it on state terms. Let's talk about the state government's performance, because that's what voters are judging. Voters will be judging the performance of the state government and the alternative that's on offer. The alternative that's on offer is offering clear policies to reduce costs for South Australian households through a reduction in the emergency services levy, to encourage investment in South Australia through a cut to the payroll tax and to deliver policies to get the state moving again after 16 long years of Labor failure. (Time expired)