House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-12-03 Daily Xml

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Public Transport

Mr WINGARD (Mitchell) (14:58): Can the minister confirm then that the government is going to cut bus services next year and have fewer bus services than are currently running in Adelaide?

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) (14:59): Notwithstanding that the member read that supplementary question, as I have just explained to the house and given that it was a—

Mr Wingard interjecting:

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Yes, you did read your supplementary question; that is correct.

The SPEAKER: The minister will not respond to the gesturing of the member for Mitchell.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Apparently the member for Mitchell looks at other pieces of paper while asking supplementary questions. What an extraordinary talent!

The SPEAKER: Oddly enough, minister, the question is not about supplementary questions.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: As if to distract himself. As I have just explained in the content of the answer that I gave to the house from which the member for Mitchell asked a supplementary question, bus services are quite frequently moved from one area to another. It would be unusual if that was not a process which continued on in the future years including in 2015.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: I am being spoken over the top of now, Mr Speaker.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: These are two members having a quarrel over the chamber each of whom are on the maximum number of warnings.