Bowering Hill Dam

The SPEAKER: A further question about the tea?

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:55): No, I will skip over the tea. Hopefully they will have it within the next 24 hours. To the Minister for Agriculture: is the minister satisfied that the community consultation in respect of the Bowering Hill dam proposal has been adequate and is consistent with his statement in his parliamentary report dated May 2011, which said:

Bowering Hill has now been left as a blank canvas to be developed, with community input, in ways that best allow our region and our state to benefit from tourism and agricultural pursuits.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: On a further point of order, the question from the Deputy Leader of the Opposition does not pertain to what the minister has done as minister, for which, undoubtedly, he is responsible to the house.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader will not interject. She is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: It is about actions he has taken as a local member on behalf of his constituents and with regard to issues. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition is quoting from the member's electorate newsletter, I presume, that he distributes to his electorate, more to my point. If we came to the point—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I am listening.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: If this question is allowed as being in order, then it would be well within the rights of the government to ask questions of the opposition backbench about actions they have taken on behalf of their constituents.

The SPEAKER: What I will do is I will ask the deputy leader to give me the written copy of the question and I will read it. We will move on to another opposition question.

Ms CHAPMAN: I am happy to do that.

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley.