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Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:11): My question is to the Premier. Is the Premier embarrassed that one of his most senior backbenchers, the member for Davenport, has spoken out against a policy being pursued by his government?

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Are you going to say he's not senior, Stephan? Go on.

The SPEAKER: Minister, be seated for one moment. I was perhaps a little bit oppressive towards the member for West Torrens yesterday. I have been generous today, so it's even. If you continue to interject in that manner, you will be leaving. The minister has the call.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (14:11): I want to echo the sentiments of the Premier here: we are seeking a massive improvement to public transport here in South Australia, and 220,000 South Australians now are going to get access to better services. That is a fantastic step forward, one that we are proud of and one that we are out to consultation on at the moment because this is a complex network. Unfortunately, because of the state of the information system that we were left, with the way we collect information we know where people get on these services, but we don't know where people get off.

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Lee is warned.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: It's why this feedback mechanism is so important, because it provides us with that real information. We have moved from the old metroMATE app—

Ms Stinson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Badcoe is warned.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —rated 1.6 stars out of five on the Apple Store, under the old government's system, to a new app-based system with ratings of somewhere between 4.4 and 4.6 stars out of five. The reason we did that is because it provides us with better information so that, as we redesign this network, we can make better and more informed decisions. We will continue to push for better public transport here in South Australia—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: —by providing what it is our customers want and listening to them with regard to the feedback that they provide.

The SPEAKER: Member for Elder. I will come back to the leader.

Mr Malinauskas: Bus cuts?

The SPEAKER: Leader, you are warned.