House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Mobile Phone Charging Stations Mobile Phone Charging Stations The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Mobile Phone Charging Stations The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (15:06): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. How many mobile phone charging stations have been installed at train stops, as committed to by the Marshall government at the last election? The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly Schubert Minister for Transport Minister for Planning Mobile Phone Charging Stations The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (15:06): Well, this is— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The minister has the call. The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr Malinauskas House of Assembly Mr Malinauskas: He doesn't have an answer. The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: I do have an answer. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Let's hear it. The Hon. S.C. Mullighan House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. Mullighan: Don't respond to interjections; it's disorderly. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: The reason I'm a little bit perplexed here is because this has actually been announced. We did go to the election with a commitment to deliver mobile phone charging stations on train platforms but, after looking into the best way to deliver the solution, it was decided to put mobile phone charging stations inside the trains because people sit inside the train for longer than they sit on a train platform. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: There's also— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: There are also issues that we know exist around vandalism of our stations. Again, we think the opportunity to put a mobile phone charging station inside the trains—and it's being rolled out first through the electric units on the Seaford line—is a great step forward. It gives the opportunity for people to be able to charge their mobile phones— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —whilst they sit on the ride in the electric railcar on the way into Adelaide. It's a great outcome. It's again an innovation that's been born under the new government, one that quite clearly the former government thought too hard to get done. Once again, it's an election commitment being delivered on that is going to improve public transport here in South Australia.