INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND LAND USE PLAN

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:33): For clarity, I think it is worth asking: is the minister saying, unequivocally, that the costings for the Prospect tram and the EastLink project have been completed and sit within the department but that he refuses to reveal them to the parliament?

The SPEAKER: Yes, I think we've got the gist of the question. Minister for Transport.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:33): What I have said is that we know from past projects the costs of extending light rail. We know the costs per kilometre, and we know the costs for the carriages and the infrastructure that go with it, in the same way that we know the costs for kilometres of roads, sealing roads and maintaining unsealed roads. Those costs are known. What we are trying to do through this plan is to try and understand from the community exactly what their aspirations are, as well.

Mrs Redmond: Why? You never listen to them.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Members opposite ask why. Well, because it is their plan, it is their money, it is their state, it is their city; they deserve to have a say. It is members opposite who don't want to have a say.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: That's quite enough about members opposite. The minister is not responsible to the house for the opposition. A supplementary.