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Speaker 1: Well, there is some more reporting, as we've been talking about today. There was more reporting on 7 News last night and in the advertiser this morning about the potential suspected attempts for bikies to infiltrate the Torrens to Darlington project. The opposition leader, Ashton Hearn, has some thoughts on this and joins you this morning. Good morning, Ashton Hearn.
00:00:25
Speaker 2: Good morning.
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Speaker 1: So we know that the Transport Minister said Jo Sokka, she's involved. His office was briefed on these potential links. So was the Child Protection Minister, Alice Rowles. What do you make of that involvement?
00:00:41
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, talk about earthquakes, Stacey. This is just another one that's, you know, rippling through the Labor government in SA at the moment. And I just wanted to say this, that Geoffrey Watson, he was the lawyer who was tasked with investigating criminal and bikey infiltration into the big build projects in Victoria said that the government actually contributed to the chaos by its inaction. And at the moment, we're seeing this exact type of inaction here in South Australia over incredibly serious allegations to do with our biggest ever infrastructure build. And I think that South Australians deserve transparency when it comes to this project. And unfortunately, all we've seen from Labor since the get-go is that they've been deliberately tricky and misleading. We've already known that Minister Stockarch has changed his tune from the very time that this became public. First of all, he didn't know about it. Then he confirmed that he'd known about it for weeks. And now, of course, overnight, we hear revelations that another senior cabinet minister of the Labour government knew about these types of allegations. And I just really don't see how her position is tenable, really. Her and Joe Stockarch have really got to do the right thing and submit their resignation to the Premier. But if they don't, I do think it's time for the Premier to prove his zero-tolerance approach and to move them on because this saga and this secrecy is casting a serious shadow over the entire project, which is just far too important for our state. Okay.
00:02:15
Speaker 1: Ashton Hearn, thanks for your time.
Speaker 1: Well, there is some more reporting, as we've been talking about today. There was more reporting on 7 News last night and in the advertiser this morning about the potential suspected attempts for bikies to infiltrate the Torrens to Darlington project. The opposition leader, Ashton Hearn, has some thoughts on this and joins you this morning. Good morning, Ashton Hearn.
00:00:25
Speaker 2: Good morning.
00:00:25
Speaker 1: So we know that the Transport Minister said Jo Sokka, she's involved. His office was briefed on these potential links. So was the Child Protection Minister, Alice Rowles. What do you make of that involvement?
00:00:41
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, talk about earthquakes, Stacey. This is just another one that's, you know, rippling through the Labor government in SA at the moment. And I just wanted to say this, that Geoffrey Watson, he was the lawyer who was tasked with investigating criminal and bikey infiltration into the big build projects in Victoria said that the government actually contributed to the chaos by its inaction. And at the moment, we're seeing this exact type of inaction here in South Australia over incredibly serious allegations to do with our biggest ever infrastructure build. And I think that South Australians deserve transparency when it comes to this project. And unfortunately, all we've seen from Labor since the get-go is that they've been deliberately tricky and misleading. We've already known that Minister Stockarch has changed his tune from the very time that this became public. First of all, he didn't know about it. Then he confirmed that he'd known about it for weeks. And now, of course, overnight, we hear revelations that another senior cabinet minister of the Labour government knew about these types of allegations. And I just really don't see how her position is tenable, really. Her and Joe Stockarch have really got to do the right thing and submit their resignation to the Premier. But if they don't, I do think it's time for the Premier to prove his zero-tolerance approach and to move them on because this saga and this secrecy is casting a serious shadow over the entire project, which is just far too important for our state. Okay.
00:02:15
Speaker 1: Ashton Hearn, thanks for your time.
