House of Assembly: Wednesday, October 15, 2014

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The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:42): Supplementary question: can the minister clarify for the house whether the $152 million budget is inclusive of the $47 million that has been written off, or does the $47 million that has been written off have to be added on to the $152 million?

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) (14:43): There seems to be some break in logic within the member for Davenport. We are talking about costs that have been incurred that are deemed by both the department and the Auditor-General to be obsolete. I provided advice to the parliament that the current budget is $152 million, so I am not quite sure how one can accommodate the other.