House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
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Adelaide Festival Centre Car Park

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:12): Subsequent to their announcement on 11 February, has the government had any discussions with the Walker Corporation about not proceeding with, or altering, their agreement involving the Festival Centre car park?

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) (14:12): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Again, I am not aware of any conversations with Walker Corporation to the effect that either there is going to be a change in what had been an agreed position or that there was no intention to proceed with the car park. I am not aware of any such conversation. It might be helpful for me to say that my understanding is that there is an agreement which requires Walker to do certain things by way of preparation, and there is a period of time in which that is to occur. There is no suggestion from the government, and has not been from Walker, as I understand it, that anyone is walking away from that or changing it.