House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-05-16 Daily Xml

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SOUTH ROAD UPGRADES

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:11): A supplementary: can the Premier confirm that the entire capital cost of the South Road upgrade is contained and provided for within the existing budget, as most recently updated in the Mid-Year Budget Review presented to the parliament in December last year?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:11): Yes; our contribution to the South Road proposition is contained within the forward estimates that we hold in contingencies, because we anticipated that when Nation Building 1 came to an end it would be followed by Nation Building 2, and we had to make an estimate of what we expected the commonwealth would provide for Nation Building 2. That estimate has proved to be accurate.