Southern Expressway

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:11): Supplementary question: can the minister now confirm that there will be no tender?

The SPEAKER: Minister, can you confirm?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (14:11): Sorry, I'm just trying to find out if this is a trick question or not. We have managed to utilise existing contracts—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —to undertake the work that we have been saying for the last number of months that we are undertaking. We have managed to use a previous tender process and an existing contract in place to be able to deliver these works. This has been the best way, that we have been advised, to deliver these projects as quickly as possible. If we were to have stopped, started a brand-new tender process and then gone through it, we would be waiting longer than we have been able to do, which is expedite this infrastructure solution.