WATER BILLING

Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop) (15:30): Premier, why did you state on radio this morning that the refunds and reimbursements for the water bills will take six months, yet the Treasurer stated on radio this morning that it would take a month or two? Does anyone know what is happening?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (15:30): I think if you examine the record you will see that we said that we need to change the legislation. I also said that we need to change the computerised billing system. People are going to get the refund. I guess the point that I hope has come through is that the Leader of the Opposition sat around a cabinet table and made exactly the same mistake.

Mr Koutsantonis: There's one difference.

The Hon. M.D. RANN: The one difference is that we correcting it, we are apologising and we are refunding, and therein lies the difference.