O-Bahn Tunnel

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:44): A further supplementary: if there was an opportunity for Australian steel to be used in this project, will the minister consider delaying the project to enable that to be accommodated?

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) (14:44): I think I mentioned earlier that the understanding we have within government and the department—and I am not quite sure how the deputy leader has arrived at her understanding—is that the sheet piling, which is required for the O-Bahn project, is not fabricated or manufactured, or whatever the other applicable term might be, in South Australia.

Ms Chapman: Australia.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: What I said was that it is not done here in South Australia. Given that the government's efforts have been focused on maximising local participation, certainly by businesses but also particularly by workers, I am not quite sure whether it would be in the public's interests for us to delay a project in order to deliver an economic benefit to an adjacent state to the detriment of people who use our road network and our public transport system.