Question Time

ADELAIDE OVAL

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): My question is to the Minister for Urban Development and Planning. Did the minister know prior to the election that the estimated cost of the Adelaide Oval upgrade had increased?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister Assisting the Premier in Public Sector Management) (14:24): No, but one would not necessarily be surprised that when one has an initial estimate of any project and formal tenders are put in that the price may differ from that, but that should not surprise anybody.

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: So your answer was no?

The PRESIDENT: If you had have been listening, you would have heard that, I think.