Weatherill can’t justify forests or lotteries sale

Posted on November 8, 2011

Premier Weatherill has refused to explain to the South Australian public why he supports the sale of the state’s forests and the lotteries commission.

Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond asked Mr Weatherill to explain why he supported both sales but Treasurer Snelling answered both questions in his place.

In failing to answer both questions, Mr Weatherill proved his opening statement promising to give Opposition questions “the answers they deserve” to be hollow.

Ms Redmond said Mr Weatherill had a responsibility to all South Australians to explain why he had supported the sales.

“Mr Weatherill was happy to vote to sell the forests and the lotteries commission behind the closed doors of the Labor Cabinet but has refused to explain his decision in the Parliament,” Ms Redmond said.

“Mr Weatherill clearly lacks the conviction to justify these decisions to the South Australian public.

“Mr Weatherill chose to hide behind his Treasurer rather than publicly state his position on the sales.

“These two Labor decisions have short changed South Australians, devastating communities and doing further damage to the State Budget which is already in dire trouble.

“Mr Weatherill has sat in the Labor Cabinet for nearly a decade and must take responsibility for all of Labor’s bad decisions.”