House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Whyalla Steel Whyalla Steel Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Leader of the Opposition Whyalla Steel Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:49): Supplementary: can the Premier outline to the house how much of the steel being used on the Northern Expressway is from overseas? 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 Whyalla Steel 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) (14:49): Can I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question because it goes directly to how important increased investment and infrastructure is to support economic activity, certainly during construction of those projects and on an ongoing basis after those projects have been delivered—something of course that he stood up in the last election and called a false economy, something which would support high levels of economic activity and jobs, and now— Mr GARDNER House of Assembly Mr GARDNER: Point of order, sir, standing order 98: the minister is debating and he is not responding to the question. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I was unable to hear the minister, but I will listen carefully to hear if he is debating the matter. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I don't have specifics for that one, but what I can say is that the majority of the steel used in the South Road superway project was sourced from OneSteel. Eighty per cent of the reinforcement steel used to construct the pile caps, piers and segments was procured from OneSteel. Certainly all steelwork, I am advised, associated with the upgrades regarding the rail revitalisation projects was sourced from OneSteel at Whyalla, and we will see, of course, in this Riverbank Precinct and the Adelaide Convention Centre stage 2 redevelopment underway at the moment, the vast majority of the steel there sourced from OneSteel at Whyalla. Members interjecting: The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: It is coming up very quickly, and once again I reiterate the point of— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Newland is warned. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —how critical it is, despite policies that were taken to the last election, cancelling projects like Torrens to Torrens, that infrastructure investment is supported to support jobs— Members interjecting: The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —in this state, in this economy. What have we had in response? Mr GARDNER House of Assembly Mr GARDNER: Point of order. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: The establishment of a— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Before that point of order, the member for Davenport is warned. Mr GARDNER House of Assembly Mr GARDNER: Standing order 98 again: the minister is debating again. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: No, I don't think so. Minister? The minister is finished.