House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Remote Areas Energy Supplies Scheme REMOTE AREAS ENERGY SUPPLIES SCHEME Mr TRELOAR House of Assembly Flinders REMOTE AREAS ENERGY SUPPLIES SCHEME Mr TRELOAR (Flinders) (15:01): My question is to the Minister for Tourism. Minister— The Hon. K.O. Foley interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Mr TRELOAR House of Assembly Mr TRELOAR: My question is— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Flinders, sit down. Your misbehaving is taking up your question time. The member for Flinders. Mr TRELOAR House of Assembly Mr TRELOAR: Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Tourism. Minister, how do you expect a tourism operator in Coober Pedy to absorb a more than doubling of his annual electricity bill from $320,000 to $700,000 following the government's changes to electricity tariffs? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Minister for Tourism. The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly Enfield Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Justice Minister for Urban Development and Planning Minister for Tourism Minister for Food Marketing The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Food Marketing) (15:02): The question is directed towards an increase in the cost of electricity. We need to bear in mind that the reason for the increase in electricity costs probably has a great deal to do with the fact that our assets were sold some years ago by your colleagues, and— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Finniss will stop holding up and displaying material in the chamber. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Have you finished your response, minister? The Hon. J.R. RAU House of Assembly The Hon. J.R. RAU: Yes. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Flinders.