Generators

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:41): Is the Treasurer telling the house in response to that question that, having signed this agreement only an hour and a half ago, he can't tell the people of South Australia how much it will cost?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (14:41): Absolutely, I can. We announced in March, when we announced Our Energy Plan, that we were going to be spending $550 million—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I know they want to sell the generators and they want to put it into their costings, but the $550 million that we have allocated for Our Energy Plan was to have a renewable technology fund, which is doing exceptional work. We also have in there the procurement of temporary generators for this summer, and next, and then to buy a permanent generator.

Ms Sanderson: How much?

The SPEAKER: The member for Adelaide is warned.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: All of our announcements have met our budget parameters.

Mr Marshall: Why don't you want to tell us what is going on? What have you got to hide?

The SPEAKER: The leader is warned.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: All of them meet within that framework. What we are seeing is that APR are in negotiations with other governments about buying generators, so we got a very good deal.

Ms Chapman: How do we know?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Because there has been no—

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I call the member for Unley to order.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Because they don't want to reveal it. I know members opposite—

Mr Duluk interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I warn the member for Davenport.

Mr Marshall: That's what you said about the diesel generators and that turned out to be $100 million.

The SPEAKER: I warn the leader for the second and the last time.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: I know members opposite are planning to sell these generators and they want to put the costings in their election costings so they can spend it on something that they think would be favourable for their own electoral benefit. Well, I won't give them such satisfaction. We are meeting everything within our budget parameters. We allocated $550 million for Our Energy Plan and we are meeting it within that money.