House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Adelaide Railway Station Information Centre

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:31): My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure. Will the state government continue to fund and operate the Adelaide information centre located in the Adelaide Railway Station?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:31): Again, I did outline this to the member before. I'm happy to repeat it again. As part of this contract, what we have done is we are keeping control. The government still owns all the trains, all the tracks, all the stations.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Listen. Listen! You've just got to listen.

The SPEAKER: Order! The minister will not respond to interjections. The minister has the call. The minister is entitled to be heard in silence.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The minister will resume his seat for a moment. The minister has the call.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Thank you, sir. Again, to outline the point I was just making—and I can make it to the member again—as far as this contract goes, the government still owns the trains, the tracks, the stations, and the operations of those trains and the train lines is being done by Keolis Downer, along with the maintenance.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: I can't be any more specific than giving that detail—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the leader!

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Again, they can yell all they like from the other side of the chamber, I do really appreciate that, but the contract is outlined—

Dr Close interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the deputy leader!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —very, very clearly. We are owning the stations, we are owning the rolling stock, we are owning the tracks, we are owning all of those aspects. It is the running of the trains, the maintenance of the trains and the operation of the trains that the new—

Ms Stinson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Badcoe!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —contractor will be delivering. It has been three days of the same question—

Dr Close interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the deputy leader!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —and I can only give you the same answer.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I will give the leader an opportunity to ask a supplementary question. Before I do that, specifically I call to order the Deputy Premier, I warn for a second time the member for Badcoe, I call to order the member for Kaurna and I warn the deputy leader. The leader, a supplementary question.