Oaklands Park Rail Crossing

Mr WINGARD (Mitchell) (15:00): Supplementary, sir: why has the minister not submitted this project to Infrastructure Australia where all dual projects are submitted? The minister hasn't actually put a formal application in.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (15:00): I am pleased to report to the member for Mitchell that we have submitted three separate reports on the Oaklands crossing to the federal government which—

Mr Wingard interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Mitchell is on a full set of warnings.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —was what was requested by the federal minister. So, have I followed those processes and procedures which have been required by me of the Coalition federal government in order to expedite this project? Yes, I have, absolutely, and we have sufficient detail in front of the commonwealth government for this project to be given the tick. Rather than play misleading politics with this issue, like the South Australian Liberal Party has been caught out doing by the Electoral Commission, they should be lobbying their federal counterparts to support the figures—

Mr GARDNER: Point of order: standing order 98. The minister is debating.

The SPEAKER: I'm afraid I was just taking advice from the Leader of the Opposition, who was expressing his concern about sitting in Holy Week, and I didn't hear the minister, I'm sorry.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Mr Speaker, what I was saying—

Ms CHAPMAN: He clearly outlined a complaint about the misleading statements of the opposition. That needs to be a substantive motion.

The SPEAKER: I'm advised that the minister claimed that the Liberal Party misled, not the opposition, and that doesn't attract the standing orders.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Perhaps I can take the opportunity to remind the deputy leader that the Electoral Commission has already ruled on this matter against the Liberal Party, which was ordered to publish a retraction—just in case she had forgotten. In fact, it is the first time in recent electoral history that such an order has been made by the Electoral Commission.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: When it comes to disingenuous misleading behaviour about politics, the deputy leader should hang her head in shame. This is the party that she so desperately wants to lead, and this is the way that they behave.

The SPEAKER: The minister will not respond to the deputy leader's interjections. Has the minister finished?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Yes, I think so.

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta gets to ask the 28^th opposition question.