Question Time

Generators

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:44): I am waiting for the minister to finish his answer. Will he rule out using the diesel generators on diesel after the first two summers?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (14:44): We want to run these generators on gas. In fact, we don't want to run these generators very much at all. We want the market to provide sufficient power for us. I know the opposition have an aversion to state-owned institutions. They have an aversion to state-owned enterprises. They have an aversion to the state-owned generator that they are planning to privatise before we have even bought it. That is a record—an absolute record. We will be running this on gas as quickly as we possibly can.