O-Bahn Tunnel

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:40): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. Can the minister inform the house whether it will be necessary to delay the O-Bahn City Access Project to enable Australian steel to be used in the construction and, if so, what is the estimated delay? The project design specifications, as published, include the use of sheet piles and, at present, these are not fabricated in Australia and would need to be imported from China or Europe.

Mr Goldsworthy interjecting:

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) (14:41): Thank you to the member for Kavel whose interjections are always welcome. We have made it absolutely clear that we will continue to source steel from Australian and, of course, South Australian suppliers. We will seek to have that steel fabricated in South Australia where possible. The deputy leader is correct. There are elements of the O-Bahn project, as there have been elements with other infrastructure projects, where certain either materials or fabrication techniques simply are not provided by participants within the South Australian economy and we will have to look elsewhere for them.