Electricity Generation

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:01): Supplementary: on what date did the government decide to use Lonsdale and Elizabeth as the site for the installation of the diesel generators?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (15:02): When the government signed the final contracts, which would have been the night before we made the announcement, was the time when we decided—

Mr Marshall: What date?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: The day before the announcement was the day that we decided to go ahead with these generators because that is when we signed the contracts. If we hadn't signed the contracts, we wouldn't have had the generators in place and we could have gone another path.