Clare Valley Waste

Mr KNOLL (Schubert) (14:35): My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. In the wake of the collapse of Plastics Granulating Services due to high electricity prices, what has the minister done to assist Clare Valley Waste in finding an alternative for their soft plastics processing?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (14:35): Again, the Minister for Energy has fully explained the situation where this government is going towards, with the commonwealth government, and the 50 recommendations.

Mr Bell: Did you meet with that business?

The SPEAKER: I warn the member for Mount Gambier.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: It is a concern and this government, working with the commonwealth and the energy market, is endeavouring to get the best opportunity and the best—

Mr Whetstone interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: —reliability and sustainability of energy costs in all of Australia. As the Minister for Energy has just indicated—

Ms CHAPMAN: Point of order: I don't know whether the minister misheard the question, but it wasn't actually about—

The SPEAKER: No, this is a bogus point of order. The minister has only just begun answering the question and he is referencing a previous answer from a minister. So, unless the deputy leader is seated immediately, she will be departing under standing orders.

Ms CHAPMAN: Am I not allowed to even complete the reference?

The SPEAKER: I know what the point of order is and I am ruling it bogus, and I am warning the deputy leader. The minister.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: Where I will continue is that this government, and through the hard work of—I think it is Frontier, I am not too sure—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: Frontier—

The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell: Economics.

The Hon. G.G. BROCK: —Economics have done a lot of work for this government and have presented all that information. I again have full belief—it is a slow process, but I have full belief—that in the long term we will get sustainability and we will get the price down. If we can all—including the commonwealth government—actually endorse the 50 recommendations that were put before them, I am sure in the long term we can get a good result.