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Millswood Railway Station

Mr WINGARD (Mitchell) (14:37): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. With 1 July looming and no sign of any upgrade of the work at the Millswood train station, will the minister confirm that Millswood station will reopen by 1 July, as promised before the state election?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning, Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:38): Thank you to the member for Mitchell for his question and his kind concern about transport matters; it's not something that we're used to from members opposite. In fact, I am particularly glad they are showing such interest in our election commitment, given that it was one of the very few election commitments involving transport. I say few because we were the only side to put any commitments to the electorate, leading up to the election, that involved the transport portfolio. They completely ignored transport services and public transport services in the lead-up to the last election. Sixty million passenger transport services provided every year, 200,000 people nearly every day catching it, and not one policy.

Mr PISONI: Point of order: the question was specific to Millswood railway station and the government's promise before the election to have it open by 1 July.

The SPEAKER: Yes, the point of order is made. The minister is not receiving any protection from the chair because he is acting as a provocateur.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan: He's filling an obvious gap.

The SPEAKER: He is, yes. That's a good point, member for Stuart. Minister.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can I also thank the member for Unley for injecting himself into this debate, given that neither he nor anybody else raised anything to do with Millswood despite it being adjacent to his electorate.

Ms CHAPMAN: Point of order. The minister is defying your ruling.

The SPEAKER: No, actually I did not make a ruling.

Ms CHAPMAN: You did, that you would not give him any protection. You said that you would not give him any protection and he—

The SPEAKER: And neither I am giving him any protection. Minister.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: I apologise, Mr Speaker. I, unfortunately, got that wrong. I understand that it is actually in the member for Unley's electorate, not adjacent to it. Mr Speaker, we are very concerned with providing better public transport services to South Australians. The responsibility falls to us because nobody else is game to take it up in this chamber, apparently. We made this commitment very specifically because we want to make sure that we continue to expand our services to people who might want to take up the option of using rail services in South Australia. We are committed to providing a 12-month trial at the Millswood train station. We will meet that commitment.

Can I just say, it is not our intention to provide a reopening of this train station before the necessary works to make sure that it is safe and appropriate for people to use. So, we will be meeting the commitment and we will be meeting it in such time as it is safe and appropriate for people who want to use those services.

The SPEAKER: You would like more then: a supplementary.

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