House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Gawler Line Electrification Gawler Line Electrification Mr MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Croydon Leader of the Opposition Gawler Line Electrification Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): Has the minister been advised that train services— The Hon. D.C. van Holst Pellekaan House of Assembly The Hon. D.C. van Holst Pellekaan: Who is it to? Which minister? Mr MALINAUSKAS House of Assembly Mr MALINAUSKAS: To the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure—thank you, coach. Has the minister been advised that train services on the Gawler line will not resume until 9 April 2022? 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) (14:24): I will refer the member again to my previous answer, the public statement we have made. The public statement we have made is that that project will be completed early next year and we will keep working towards that time line. Again, there are a number of things that are going on. You would have noticed just recently, again, there have been some setbacks of course with COVID right across the nation. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: We are working through those, getting the experts in to do the job. The other thing with the rail project—again, I know the problems that those opposite had when they delivered tram projects and a number of the build issues they had then. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Lee is called to order. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: What you do have to do when you are doing a rail project is make sure that it is done safely. You have to actually follow the rules and regulations— Mr Whetstone interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Chaffey, resist the urge. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —of the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator. We will continue to do that. We will work on the signalling to make sure that we get it right. Again, I do recall that those opposite looked at this project, started it, stopped it, started it, stopped it. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order, sir. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: It was quite horrendous. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Minister, please be seated; there is a point of order. I will take the point of order. Under standing order 134— The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Standing order 98, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: —I will hear the member. The member for West Torrens on standing order 98. The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Rules applying to answers: ministers should be answering the substance of the question and not debating it. The minister is debating the answer, sir. Could you please get him to come back to the substance of the question, which is whether or not he has received any advice whether there will be any delays beyond 9 April next year. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: There is some force in relation to that submission, standing order 98. Minister, I draw you back to the substance of the question. The Hon. C.L. WINGARD House of Assembly The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Thank you, sir. I have completed my answer.