Keolis Downer

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:33): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. Is Keolis Downer a participant in phase 1 of the bus tender issued on 20 April 2019?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (14:33): I haven't been advised who are the participants in phase 1 of the bus tender. I make it quite my business, when we go into tender phases for various projects—which the department does all the time—to make sure that I stay well clear of that as far as I possibly can. What I would also say is that we have a very strong and robust probity process in relation to how that tender operates. Again, can I point this out: you can look at a glass of water and see it as either half full or half empty. On this side of the house, we see the glass as half full, and we are doing everything we can to fill it up further.

Mr Brown interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Playford can leave for the rest of question time under 137A.

The honourable member for Playford having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: I know it's hard to accept that South Australia can be better than it is, that we can turn our eyes to the rest of the country and the rest of the globe and compete with the rest of the globe, that we can want a better future for ourselves and for our children—

The SPEAKER: Order! There is point of order. The point of order is?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: The first point of order, sir, is debate. My question was about whether or not Keolis Downer is a participant in a tender. The minister is talking about uplit sunlands.

The SPEAKER: Yes, I ask the minister to come back to the substance of the question. Is the minister finished?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: Yes, sir.

The SPEAKER: The member for Finniss has been patiently waiting, and then I will come to the member for West Torrens.