House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Water Security WATER SECURITY Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite Leader of the Opposition WATER SECURITY Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (14:28): I have a supplementary question. Is there enough water in the Murray channel, from where our critical needs are stored to our intakes, to guarantee that the water in the bank, if you like, is able to be passaged from where it is now to where it will need to be in order to provide for our critical human needs? The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD House of Assembly Chaffey Minister for the River Murray Minister for Water Security WATER SECURITY The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD (Chaffey—Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Water Security) (14:29): The answer is yes. With the contingencies we have in place through the provision of tributary water from New South Wales and Victoria and also through other contingency measures that have been negotiated, the answer is yes.