House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Rail Infrastructure Rail Infrastructure The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Rail Infrastructure The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:22): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier advise the house why South Australia will receive only 1.8 per cent of the national rail investment component fund over the forward estimates? The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly Schubert Minister for Transport Minister for Planning Rail Infrastructure The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (14:22): Because we're not building new rail lines. This is fairly straightforward. The Hon. S.C. Mullighan House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. Mullighan: I thought you were doing level crossing upgrades. What about the Gawler electrification? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Lee is on two warnings. The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Mawson said something about Aldinga. He is called to order. The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: Last year, we did get $220 million towards a $615 million project that the former guys butchered so badly that the feds had to pull their money out. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: I know that they tried to rewrite history for so many years— The Hon. R. Sanderson interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Minister for Child Protection is called to order. The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —about this project, but the truth is that the former premier, Jay Weatherill, pulled this project. It was only a Marshall Liberal government getting across to Canberra and sitting down with Paul Fletcher that delivered the $220 million that meant that we could get on and finish this project. For the members opposite whose electorates the Gawler line runs through, maybe a bit of a thankyou would be in order but, in the absence of that, at least have the good sense to keep your mouth shut— Mr Brown House of Assembly Mr Brown: It was already being upgraded in my electorate. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Playford is warned for a second and final time. The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —while the adults sit down and deliver this pipeline. The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner House of Assembly The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner: The Gawler line to Salisbury. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Minister for Education is also called to order. The member for Lee has one more, then the member for Flinders.