Frome Street Bikeway

The Hon. M.C. PARNELL (15:20): I seek leave to make a very brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Police, representing the Minister—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Mr Parnell is on his feet.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Mr Parnell has been sitting there quietly and patiently waiting for his question, so allow him to say it without interjection.

The Hon. M.C. PARNELL: Thank you, Mr President. I have sought leave to ask the Minister for Police, representing the Minister for Transport, questions about the Frome Street bikeway.

Leave granted.

The Hon. M.C. PARNELL: I refer the minister to today's article in InDaily, which contains almost as many different points of view on the Frome Street bikeway and the state government's response to it as there are councillors on the Adelaide City Council. To cut straight to the chase, my questions of the minister are:

1. Is the state government's co-funding deal with the Adelaide City Council for bicycle infrastructure dependent on the council modifying the Frome Street bicycle lanes to allow four lanes of motorised traffic?

2. If council decides to leave the Frome Street bikeway as it is, will this risk state government funding for other bicycle infrastructure projects?

3. Who is telling the truth in this matter and who is peddling false information in relation to the Frome Street bikeway?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:22): I thank the honourable member for his questions regarding this hot topic. I am more than happy to take the questions on notice and make sure that the relevant minister in the other place, the Minister for Transport, minister Mullighan, is able to take these questions up and get the information back to the honourable member in due course.