REMOTE AREAS ENERGY SUPPLIES SCHEME

Mr TRELOAR (Flinders) (15:00): My question is to the Minister for Energy. Why did businesses in Coober Pedy and other remote South Australian towns receive only four days notice of large increases in electricity bills, which, in some of cases, amounted to a doubling of those bills?

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Energy, Minister for the Northern Suburbs) (15:00): I thank the member for Flinders for that question. I was actually unaware of the shortness of time that was given over to those consumers, and I will come back to the house with an explanation.