Clare Valley Water Supply

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (17:29): My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. Can the minister outline when the government will deliver on your requirement, as stipulated in your agreement with the Premier, for water requirement relief to be provided to the Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association members?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (17:30): The member did not also mention that we had a meeting this morning at 11 o'clock, and I went through all the projects that were on that list. I gave an undertaking to the member for Goyder that I will give him a briefing on the progress of all of those projects. Mr Speaker, I will repeat what I said to the member for Goyder: there have been negotiations between the Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association Inc. and—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: As I mentioned to the member for Goyder this morning, the new Chair of the grape growers association, Anna Behm, has been meeting with SA Water for some time now. They are very close to coming to a compromise and, as I mentioned to the member for Goyder, that resolution should be very close, within the next few days or weeks. I am in regular contact with the grape growers association and the relevant minister to carry that request through the process, who is the Hon. Ian Hunter in the other house. I will continue to liaise with the grape growers association.