House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2012-05-02 Daily Xml

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BUS CONTRACTS

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15:10): Thank you, Madam Speaker, how pleased I am to have it. My question is to the Minister for Transport Services. Will the minister confirm that no matter how bad the bus services get in Adelaide, she is limited to fining underperforming bus companies a maximum of 2 per cent of their payment?

In schedule 11 of the bus contract—which has now been delivered to my office, thank you, yesterday; I now have schedule 11—it confirms on page 5 the fee adjustments that apply to level 1, level 2 and level 3 thresholds of offence, and that number 2 and level 3, which is the highest, are both exactly the same, that is, the capacity to deduct an amount corresponding to 2 per cent of the proportion, etc.

The SPEAKER: I think you probably answered the question yourself, member for Bragg, but I will give an opportunity for the Minister for Transport Services to respond.

The Hon. C.C. FOX (Bright—Minister for Transport Services) (15:11): I don't have a copy of the contract in front of me but I believe that the member for Bragg is correct.