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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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HINDMARSH STADIUM

Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): My question is to the Premier. Does he still believe that the Hindmarsh soccer stadium is a white elephant and that it was the wrong allocation of public money? The Deputy Premier told parliament on 11 November 1999—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The leader.

Mr HAMILTON-SMITH: He said:

Both soccer and the government have put all their money into a white elephant.

The Deputy Premier also told parliament at that time:

The soccer federation has become very emotional and very emotive.

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (14:49): How extraordinary! Here is the man who is telling South Australians that we need a $1.2 billion stadium. He is now saying that he was wrong to have supported the Hindmarsh Stadium back in 1999. Are you not saying—

Mr Hamilton-Smith interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The leader will come to order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —every day that it was a white elephant, because you are now saying that it is insufficient? Why did you commit $50 million for it? That is the classic thing—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: It is like the previous questions.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: They talk about mini wind turbines—they spent more on the grog for the opening night of the Wine Centre, which also turned out to be a multimillion dollar flop. So—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Can I just say this—

Mr Hamilton-Smith interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: Look at him. He is going to start barking in a minute.

The SPEAKER: The Premier will come to order.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: The Hindmarsh Stadium was built by you and your government, and we were told that this was what soccer needed for the next 30 years. It was opened, of course, for the 2000 Olympics and the preliminary games that occurred at Hindmarsh Stadium. So, if you do not think it was a white elephant, why are you calling for a $1.2 billion replacement and also doing a bit of back channelling to soccer because they want a separate stadium? This is the Liberal Party's policy: a stadium for every household. The one thing that you will not do is say how you are going to cost it.

Mr Hamilton-Smith: How are you costing the Marj?

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Hamilton-Smith: How are you costing your trams?

The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will come to order! The member for Unley.

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