House of Assembly: Thursday, December 06, 2018

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Adelaide Oval Hotel Development

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:54): My question is to the Premier. Who will be responsible for any potential construction cost increases for the boutique hotel?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:54): I have already outlined repeatedly to the house what our level of involvement is in this. We don't carry any liability regarding the upgrade to that facility. That is a project of SMA. What I am advised is that they will be using the same architect, Cox architects, which did the work on the Adelaide Oval expansion undertaken by the previous government. They are using the same—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —project managers, Mott MacDonald, that the previous government did. I have seen a whole pile of spurious information put out by various people that somehow this is going to be some giant tower that is going to obscure the general architecture of the sails of the stands. This is not correct. The SMA went to great lengths to use the same project managers and architects. This development will be sympathetic, and any potential overrun in the costs will not be the responsibility of the South Australian taxpayers.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Child Protection is called to order, and the member for Kaurna is warned for a second time. The member for Kavel.