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FOUND: Adelaide train privatisation to be scrapped despite termination fee sa government says - You Need To See This

The government says it is forging ahead with plans to scrap the rail privatisation. (ABC News: Matthew Smith)

The SA government says taxpayers will not be "paying a cent" of a $94 million potential penalty to break a rail privatisation contract and return Adelaide's train and tram network to public hands.

The government today declared its intention to push ahead with plans to scrap the $2.14 billion agreement between the previous government and Keolis Downer, saying the economics of the deal did not stack up.

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