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TRAMLINE EXTENSIONS

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:31): My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure. Will the government be delivering on its promise to build tramline extensions to Semaphore and West Lakes and, if so, why has no funding been allocated over the next four years?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy) (15:31): Yes, we will. The program announced in last year's budget was $2 billion to be spent over—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: They are having such a good day, aren't they? Mitch is so happy, but I have to say that I love the Leader of the Opposition's approach to hanging on to the job. He has driven the regard for the Liberal Party so low that no-one else wants it—a unique approach, but it seems to be working, because he is still there, despite the odds. You've got to love Mitch—he doesn't know when he is in pain.

Yes, there was $2 billion in the budget over 10 years to do all of the works. It was added to by the federal government for the first time since Federation. The federal government was convinced to add money to public transport to accelerate that program. If the member for Morphett had taken the trouble to read the original announcement, he would find that those extensions were never in the out years—that is why they do not appear in the budget. The budget deals with the four out years.

The Hon. K.O. Foley: Correct.

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Correct. This is a unique innovation that has been around for—let me see—forever, like you deal with the out years. They are not in the budget because they are not in the out years, and they never were. Perhaps someone on that side should spend some time learning a little about how budgets work.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

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