House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-05-19 Daily Xml

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ADELAIDE OVAL

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (15:08): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier confirm that the government has already provided to the Stadium Management Authority at least $28 million for the Adelaide Oval project but that the government still cannot reveal the final design and cost of the project?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

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) (15:08): I can reveal that the final cost of the project, in terms of the government's commitment, at this moment and at this time—$535 million.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: $535 million—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —which is a lot cheaper than the billion-dollar stadium that was promised by the Leader of the Opposition before the election, plus car parks underground—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: —plus a railway system that would rival the Metro in Paris.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.D. RANN: She found out—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. M.D. RANN: No, they have got a metro; it goes underground; the trains run underground. She came back—it was going to be like the Big Dipper. It was going to go under the car parks, the multilevel car parks. So, there we go—$535 million, not $1 billion for the Liberal model. We will have 50,000 capacity, not the 38,000 capacity that the Leader of the Opposition supports for her billion-dollar design.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!