Mr PYNE (Sturt—Leader of the House and Minister for Education) (14:13): I thank the member for Grey for his question regarding this very important issue. I note that he, as a fellow South Australian, recognises that South Australians are not interested in the doom and gloom being preached by the opposition on this issue. Nor are they interested in the political pointscoring being taken by the Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill, who has been in government for 12 years in that state and has made no effort to diversify the economy. Only three months ago the South Australian public elected a new government, full of promise, with a positive attitude about the future. Of course, while they are disappointed about the decision that General Motors made in Detroit, they are well aware that that decision could have been coming for some time. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parramatta will desist. Mr PYNE: Under the previous government, they sat there and watched what happened to Mitsubishi. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Melbourne Ports. Mr PYNE: And they watched what happened to Ford. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Melbourne Ports is warned! Mr PYNE: And they know that when the head of General Motors says: The decision to end manufacturing in Australia reflects the perfect storm of negative influences the automotive industry faces in the country, including the sustained strength of the Australian dollar, high cost of production, small domestic market and arguably the most competitive and fragmented auto market in the world. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The honourable member for Wakefield has been warned. He will remove himself from the chamber under standing order 94(a). The member for Wakefield then left the chamber. Mr PYNE: When they hear the head of General Motors say that, they know it is true. But they also expect the government to have a positive, energetic, enthusiastic attitude to the future of South Australia and the job prospects in our state. This government is getting on with the job of putting into place exactly those policies that will guarantee jobs for the future in South Australia. We are introducing policies like one-stop shops for environmental approvals, scrapping the carbon tax and the Minerals Resource Rent Tax—the job-destroying taxes. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Kingsford Smith. Mr PYNE: We are scrapping Labor's plans for a $1.8 billion tax on fringe benefits, which would hurt the car industry. We are reducing red tape and regulation in the higher education sector. Most importantly, we are improving productivity in states like South Australia through transport infrastructure—the North-South Corridor. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Port Adelaide. Mr PYNE: We are putting in place the kind of stable decision-making for government that gives companies like BHP Billiton the confidence to re-examine increasing expansion of the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Charlton. Mr PYNE: Under the previous government companies like BHP Billiton made decisions not to go ahead with mines like Olympic Dam, because they could not rely on the government of the day to keep policies from one moment to the next. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Kingston is warned. Mr PYNE: This government is putting in place the foundations that will give South Australians long-term job stability, and I am pleased to be part of it.