House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-06-18 Daily Xml

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Question Time

Adelaide Festival Centre Car Park

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:09): My question is to the Premier. Prior to the Premier's recent trip to New Zealand, had the government been advised that the Casino had significant concerns with the government's deal with Walker Corporation involving the Festival Centre car park and that they were reconsidering their proposed Casino redevelopment?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:09): The situation, so far as I am aware, is that the Casino has been very positive about the prospects of a development to the Adelaide Casino. In fact, quite recently I had a meeting with them, and they are very excited about the prospect of being able to get started.

There is a connection between the Casino's development and the car park, and that is because, Mr Speaker, the Casino obviously contemplates that large numbers of people will want to have a car park if they are going to visit the Casino. So, the two developments are connected, and we understand that the Casino remains positive. We are moving forward with trying to have productive negotiations with all of the parties involved, and we—

Mr Marshall: The question is about whether—have they expressed concerns?

The Hon. J.R. RAU: Not to me, no.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is warned for the first time. Supplementary, leader.