Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Public Transport Privatisation Public Transport Privatisation The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Public Transport Privatisation The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:41): Given that the Treasurer has not ruled out rail fares increasing above CPI, will train and tram fares remain the same amount as bus fares under a privatised operator model? The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council Public Transport Privatisation The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:41): I have not given any indication or any thought at all in relation to the juxtaposition between trains, trams and buses. Ultimately— The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: That'll make tomorrow morning's media. You don't know if they could go up. The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: Really? It must be a very quiet news day, if that is going to be the case. I can assure the Leader of the Opposition it will need to be a very quiet news day if anything I indicate by way of response to questions today will lead the morning bulletins. All I can indicate is that the general procedures that have occurred under Labor governments and Liberal governments in the past will obviously continue in the future. I am not in a position to guarantee. As the Leader of the Opposition pointed out, the issue of what governments do over a period of budgets, either in the next two to three years or indeed periods beyond, will be decisions for either—we hope—a re-elected Marshall Liberal government or in the sad circumstances of a future Labor government.