Drug and Alcohol Testing

Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (14:46): Minister, can you explain to the parliament any of the drug testing through water surveys here in South Australia?

The SPEAKER: Is the member for Chaffey seeking a supplementary?

Mr WHETSTONE: Yes, sir.

The SPEAKER: Can you state it again, please.

Mr WHETSTONE: Minister, can you please explain to the parliament any drug or amphetamine use through water testing in regional South Australia?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:47): We know that the commonwealth government recently announced they were moving to an additional number of trial sites and wastewater treatment sampling of their own. The South Australian government, through SA Health, has been working with the University of SA for a number of years, sampling metropolitan Adelaide wastewater every two months at various sites for a variety of drugs, and we have recently announced we will be sampling for alcohol. We have actually asked the commonwealth government to work with us to tell us which sites they will be sampling at as well but, at this time, we haven't had a response from them, I am advised.