House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
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Public Transport Levy

Ms REDMOND (Heysen) (15:05): Supplementary, sir—

The SPEAKER: Supplementary from the member for Heysen.

Ms REDMOND: —to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure: could the minister explain why the full costs of sporting and other events have to be fully recovered when the full cost of public transport is generally not recovered?

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) (15:06): Well, what a great question. This goes exactly to the heart of the press release which was first put out by the member for Mitchell and the Leader of the Opposition when this was first mooted in the budget, and that's what seems to be a new Liberal Party position, that there should be full cost recovery for public transport services, a five times increase in public transport fares.

Mr PISONI: Point of order.

The SPEAKER: Point of order, the member for Unley.

Mr PISONI: The minister continually refers to the opposition. The minister is not responsible for the opposition.

The SPEAKER: I do not uphold the point of order. Minister?

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The minister has finished. The member for Hammond.