House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Public Transport Public Transport Mr WINGARD House of Assembly Mitchell Public Transport Mr WINGARD (Mitchell) (14:50): We will go to the Premier again and see how we end up. Will the government impose their public transport cost recovery tax on the Stadium Management Authority or the AFL for finals at the Adelaide Oval this year? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: As the member for Heysen would say, the government will impose 'its' charge not 'their' charge. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning, Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:51): I thank the member for Mitchell for his question. He seems to be the only person capable on that side of framing a decent question about public transport, so I thank him very much. You can see why he had such a swift elevation, Mr Speaker—because he's doing a far better job than the leader or deputy leader have been doing. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Leader, you are on two warnings. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Come on, mate, get yourself thrown out—go on. That would be good, wouldn't it? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Leader, I would not want to eject you from the chamber for any length of time. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: As I say, it is perfectly clear—the way the special events cost recovery measure is outlined in the Treasurer's budget makes clear—that we will be seeking to recover the costs for large commercial events from venue managers. Venue managers can then talk to the people who are operating the events or people who are attending the events. We will be conducting negotiations with each different venue manager for each different commercial event which will be held over the course of the year. They are required to give us at least six months' notice. We will sit down with them and we will identify whether additional public transport services are required for their event and, if they are required, we will also identify whether it would be in the event's interests to have regular public transport services or, indeed, free public transport services, as we do have for the current AFL matches at Adelaide Oval. Each one will be different, and we will be working through that with the venue managers, who will then talk to the event hosts and also the people who may be attending and purchasing tickets.