House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Car Parking Levy CAR PARKING LEVY Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Norwood Leader of the Opposition CAR PARKING LEVY Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:38): My question is to the Premier. How can the public be certain how much the car park tax will cost, given that the government has now provided three different revenue projections: $34 million, $26 million and $30 million a year prior to this tax even being implemented? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Premier Minister for State Development Minister for the Public Sector Minister for the Arts CAR PARKING LEVY The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:38): The simple explanation is that we have carried out the detailed survey work of precisely the number of car parks in the city. We have also made adjustments to the number of exemptions. So, exemptions will also include residential car parking spaces; loading bays; disabled car park spaces; car park spaces for emergency vehicles; short-term parking by the general public on the hospital site; car park spaces provided for special event parking, including occasional car parking within the Parklands; bus layovers; and car park spaces for display vehicles, service vehicles and stock vehicles. So, two variables have occurred. One is that we have had a more accurate count of the number of car park spaces. The second variable that has changed is that we have expanded the number of exemptions.