Electricity Prices

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:13): Supplementary, sir: can the minister update the house as to whether the major employers in regional South Australia have in fact provided him with any information regarding the electricity price increases that are occurring in South Australia and the effects that this is having on the viability of their businesses?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:14): I am more than happy to ask the Treasurer or the Minister for Energy to come back to the house with what has been said to him, what representations have—

Mr Pengilly interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Finniss will not flatter the member for Fisher.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —been made to him about all these issues.