Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Darlington Interchange Darlington Interchange The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council Darlington Interchange The Hon. J.A. DARLEY (14:26): My question is the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, representing the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. I understand that the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure has provided letters to about 60 property owners in the vicinity of the proposed Darlington interchange. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Darley, is leave granted for a brief explanation? The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council The Hon. J.A. DARLEY: I was just asking a question. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I thought you were going into some— The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council The Hon. J.A. DARLEY: I don't need to. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Okay. Mr Darley. The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council The Hon. J.A. DARLEY: Do you want me to start again? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: If you wish. The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council The Hon. J.A. DARLEY: My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, representing the Minister for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. I understand that the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure has provided letters to about 60 property owners in the vicinity of the proposed Darlington interchange advising them that their properties are to be acquired. Can the minister advise: 1.	How many of these properties will be valued by private-sector valuers acting under instructions from the department, and what is the estimated cost of these valuations? 2.	How many of these properties will be valued by departmental valuers, and what is the estimated cost of these valuations? 3.	How many of these properties will be valued by the Valuer-General and her valuers, and what is the estimated cost of these valuations? 4.	What is the estimated total cost of acquiring these properties? The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:28): I thank the honourable member for his most important questions on the subject of the Darlington interchange and the Department of Transport's correspondence. I undertake to take that question to the minister in the other place and seek a response on the honourable member's behalf.