Opinion
Privatising Adelaide’s public bus services worked well – for a time – but what about the trains and trams? Former State Government public transport planner Tom Wilson details the questions that would need to be answered before privatisation is extended to rail.
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Transport Minister Stephan Knoll is promising better public transport services despite deep cuts to the budget. In this interview, InDaily asks him how he plans to pull off this feat and the answer is: it’s complicated.
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Transport Minister Stephan Knoll is promising improvements to Adelaide’s public transport system – which he says is among the worst in the world – despite the tender documents for the new bus contract stipulating a “notable reduction in subsidies”.
EXCLUSIVE | Treasurer Rob Lucas is considering a one-off, substantial leap in State Government fees, charges and fines, in an attempt to fill a budget black hole caused by a drop in GST receipts.
EXCLUSIVE | After more than five months of negotiations between the State Government and Walker Corporation, the long-delayed Buckland Park housing project has been given a three-year extension to its development approval.
Children won’t be sent to youth detention centres under a SA Government plan to enforce mandatory drug treatment on young people, the Health Minister says, but advocates are still concerned about the proposed legislation.
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