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  <date date="2020-11-10" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Keolis Downer</name>
      <text id="20201110c686f7414f66496680001106">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Keolis Downer</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-11-10">
            <name>Keolis Downer</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20201110c686f7414f66496680001107">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="633">the Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens)</by> (10 September 2020).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Gibson</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-11-10">
            <name>Keolis Downer</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20201110c686f7414f66496680001108">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing):</by>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20201110c686f7414f66496680001109">
          <inserted>On 18 September 2020 the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and the Rail Commissioner entered into a contract with Keolis Downer Pty Ltd for provision of heavy rail passenger services for the Adelaide metropolitan passenger rail network for an initial contract term of eight years, with a contract extension option of four years.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20201110c686f7414f66496680001110">
          <inserted>Under section 39 of the Passenger Transport Act 1994 the Minister must prepare a report on this contract for laying before both houses of parliament and provide to the Auditor-General a copy of the contract and a report describing the processes that applied with respect to the awarding of the contract to enable the Auditor-General to examine the contract and prepare a report to Parliament on the probity of the processes leading up to the awarding of the contract.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20201110c686f7414f66496680001111">
          <inserted>The government is fully complying with the probity and accountability requirements that necessarily apply to a contract of this nature.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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