Service SA Prospect

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (15:09): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. Has the minister responded to the member for Adelaide's letter regarding the closure of the Service SA centre at Prospect and will he accede to her calls?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (15:09): I reject the premise of that question entirely. I will inquire whether or not a response has been provided to this date. Having said that, we are a government that is going to—

The Hon. A. Piccolo interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Light!

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —deliver on the budget that we handed down.

The Hon. Z.L. Bettison interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Ramsay!

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: We are going to deliver on the election commitments that we took to the election in South Australia. We are going to make sure that the budget is properly back in the black, as opposed to the sham surpluses that the member for West Torrens tried to promulgate through his budget process, and we will help to show South Australians that providing a strong budget that is back in the black is a great way to show that we have a fiscally responsible adult government back in charge in South Australia.

The SPEAKER: I note that 'cook the books' has been held to be unparliamentary about 20 years ago, but 'sham surpluses'—perhaps in this day and age we have moved on with that language.