House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Rail Funding Rail Funding The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Rail Funding The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (15:03): My question again is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Which projects did the government submit for funding in rail for this year's federal budget? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain. Leave granted. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: On radio FIVEaa on Wednesday last week, federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: On radio FIVEaa last week, federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said: We have a major set of initiatives around rail infrastructure and rail programs, and they're not designed to keep one particular state out of that support. It's designed to boost specific projects in specific areas of need and, if there is a specific project in South Australia that is to be brought to the minister's attention, I'm sure he'll give it due consideration. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly Gibson Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister for Recreation The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:04): I thank the member for the question and, yes, I can run through the co-contributions that we have been having— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The minister has the call. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —with the Gawler electrification project. Of course, it is again one that those opposite just left swinging in the breeze, so it has been great partnering with the feds and getting the money to deliver that. I have talked about Flinders Link ad nauseam, but I can talk about it again if the member would like. What we have also done is put money into a number of planning studies right across the state, and through metropolitan Adelaide more specifically, to make sure we can get the planning works done— The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order, member for Lee! The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —when we put these projects forward. A number of those key projects are around grade separations and we will keep working with the federal government on that. We will be delivering the ones that I have outlined already—Ovingham and Hove—and we will be working on plenty more into the future. That number again is $12.9 billion. We look forward to rolling it out and growing it even bigger into the future.