Adelaide Hills Infrastructure

Mr BROWN (Florey) (14:41): My question is to the Treasurer. Can the Treasurer update the house on infrastructure investment the government is making in the Adelaide Hills and any alternative proposals?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:41): Yes, I can. It's fair to say that the South Australian government, with the commonwealth government, is spending over a billion dollars in the Adelaide Hills—a billion dollars—whether it's the Mount Barker hospital; the upgrade of the Adelaide Road, Alexandrina Road, Wellington Road and Flaxley Road roundabout in Mount Barker; or a new $19 million park-and-ride in Crafers. We have even banned trucks, large trucks, from going down the Hahndorf main street. With the Australian government, we have invested in the South Eastern Freeway Managed Motorway $350 million, we are building new interchanges at Mount Barker and Verdun at a cost of $150 million, and we are delivering the $100 million Adelaide Hills productivity package. A billion dollars—

The Hon. D.R. Cregan: It's not enough.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: The member for Kavel, the lone voice of the Adelaide Hills, fighting for the Adelaide Hills, yells out 'It's not enough'. There has been another voice that has added calls for more infrastructure for the Adelaide Hills: the member for Heysen. The member for Heysen has entered the arena.

Usually, when the opposition are making spending announcements, it's in target seats. Nevertheless, I understand that the Liberal Party are making announcements for the seats that they hold. He has attempted to follow our lead and he has announced over the weekend that, if the Leader of the Opposition becomes Premier, they will fully fund a new park-and-ride transport hub in Verdun and add a third layer to the South Eastern Freeway between Hahndorf and Bridgewater. The cost—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Well, he can do all this for a measly $23 million. Yes, he nods. He nods. Let's have a look at that: in 2019, when we weren't in office, when the members opposite were in office, they added an additional layer to the South Eastern Freeway from Crafers to Stirling. Back then it cost $14.2 million, and that was for 900 metres—but the strategic thought processes over there. I asked the Department for Transport what the costs of this project would be—and of course it is complex; there are grades—and they tell me it's in the order of $100 million. There is a reckoning coming. There is a reckoning coming.

Over the life of this parliament, members opposite have called on us to spend an additional $2 billion and they have committed that, if they are elected, they will spend—and the campaign has not started—what has now ticked over to $4 billion. With reckless abandon, members opposite are telling any community group that they will meet, 'Yes, we will fund that. Absolutely, yes, we can build that, no problem.' They are saying no to no-one. There is a reckoning coming. All of this is being costed. All of this is being tallied. All of this will be revealed. That $4 billion is before they cut the lifeline out of the state's own revenue. They have shown us no way of how they are going to pay for this.

But we heard a vignette of what is coming from the member for Florey. We know what they did last time. What was the tax they focused on last time? Land tax. In the ACT, they abolished stamp duty—broad-based land tax. In New South Wales, they abolished stamp duty—broad-based land tax. In South Australia, they abolish stamp duty. What comes next? Land tax.