Federal Funding

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (15:12): Supplementary: has the minister any plans or any intentions to put bids in for rail upgrades in South Australia in excess of the federal pool? Yes or no?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (15:13): I am certain we will continue to do that, as we did with the electrification of the Gawler line, out to Gawler where the member for Light is a fantastic local member who has been advocating for this. Do you know how much the federal government put in for that? Nothing. Not a single thing. We will continue to advocate and we would welcome and encourage the Hon. Robert Brokenshire to join with his mates in Canberra, such as Senator Cory Bernardi, to pressure his former mate—all their former mates—into actually thinking about one cent of new infrastructure spend for this state. I hope there is another supplementary, Mr President.