Murray Mouth

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:40): Supplementary, sir: will the minister at least guarantee to the house that he will put in a safe passage for recreational boating so that Goolwa does not have to suffer from a relatively huge disaster like it did in the last millennium drought?

The SPEAKER: That is unfortunate that the member should frame the question that way. Does the minister care to respond?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning, Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (15:41): Not particularly, Mr Speaker, but I guess I could. I think there are two things in that—

The Hon. J.M. Rankine interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Education is warned for the first time.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: There are two things in that, Mr Speaker. One is the assumption that the only way to access the Coorong from up the river is from the Goolwa Barrage going past the Murray Mouth and, of course, that is not necessarily the case. Secondly, as I have said in my previous answer, I would have to check what the restrictions will be, whether that impacts—

The SPEAKER: Member for Chaffey.