The SANFL still have major concerns surrounding car parking, precinct control and finance, all non negotiables that were to be sorted out by June 30, then today and now December.

 

Today’s announcement that a “commitment of intent” has been reached is nothing more than an excuse for not having an agreement that was promised to be delivered by August 31st. The Opposition agrees with the Premier “I don’t want to extend the deadline- that’s just an excuse to keep talking”. It is very clear from today’s announcement that there is no agreement.

 

The tax payer is now paying the price for the Rann government’s hastily cobbled together election quick fix that it knew during the election campaign it could not deliver on time or on budget.

 

South Australians deserve a new state of the art inner city stadium as proposed by the Liberal Party that will end up costing a similar amount.

 

The government are trying to wipe their hands of this debacle, neither the Premier nor the Treasurer attending today’s event and Mr Conlon left to spin the line that there is an agreement.

 

Mr Conlon needs to explain why all the parties need to keep negotiating more than nine months later and where the funding shortfall will come from.

 

The government needs to admit it has made a mistake and re examine the feasibility of building a new inner city stadium on a greenfields site which the government’s own consultants say can be built for $635 million at February 2010 prices.