Fleet management/acquisition and disposal: • MESA reported delays in the replacement of vehicles

Enquiries to: Roy Arnold Phone: 82182304 TA Ref: 2004/00125 14 October 2004 Mr Keith Barrie Secretary, Public Works Committee House of Assembly North Terrace ADELAIDE SA 5000 Dear Keith TRANSCRIPT OF EVIDENCE PWC ADELAIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT Thank you for forwarding to TransAdelaide a copy of the draft Hansard for our Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday 6 October 2004.

Replacement Public Transport Services During Construction .................... 12 5.

School Bus Replacement n.a. 5 994 n.a.

TransAdelaide has met its statutory annual reporting requirements by producing an independent report TransAdelaide Annual Report for 1998 -99'.

T,F, 14 OCT 2003 By the Honourable the Minister for Transport [Extract from 'Government Gazette', 25 September 2003, pages 3650-3651—Regulation No. 196 of 20031 South Australia Public Corporations (Austrics) (Dissolution and Revocation) Regulations 2003 under the Public Corporations Act 1993 Contents Part 1—Preliminary Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation Part 2—Dissolution of Austrics 4 Dissolution and transfer of assets and liabilities of Austrics 1.7,CT.T77, 77 1 4 OCT 2503 Part 3—Revocation of Public Corporations (State Transport Authority) Regulations 1993 5 Revocation of regulations Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Public Corporations (Austrics) (Dissolution and Revocation) Regulations 2003. 2—Commencement These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made. 3—Interpretation In these regulations— Act means the Public Corporations Act 1993.

Enquiries to: Roy Arnold Phone: 82182304 TA Ref: 2004/00125 14 October 2004 Mr Keith Barrie Secretary, Public Works Committee House of Assembly North Terrace ADELAIDE SA 5000 Dear Keith TRANSCRIPT OF EVIDENCE PWC ADELAIDE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT Thank you for forwarding to TransAdelaide a copy of the draft Hansard for our Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday 6 October 2004.

It was almost entirely factored into the revised estimates for 2002-03 published in the 2003-04 Budget (see pages 48 and 49 of the Capital Investment Statement 2003-04 for further information). 9 1.3 BALANCE SHEET INDICATORS Consistent with the strong budget surplus, a number of key balance sheet indicators, including net worth and net debt, improved during 2002-03.

Reserves Asset Replacement Reserve: .

The Committee is advised that to proceed with individual replacement programs would involve equipment duplication in most areas, especially in the provision of multiple backbone networks, which are used to connect individual radio transmission sites.