Personal Explanation

Government Contracts

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (15:33): I seek leave to make a short statement.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left! The minister seeks leave to make a personal explanation. I take that as a statement according to standing order 108.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: If it needs to fit in that category.

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Energy and Mining sought leave; is leave granted?

Honourable members: Yes, sir.

Leave granted.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: I was asked by the member for West Torrens about recent meetings with H2U and I said I would get back to the house. I can confirm that my last structured meeting with H2U was on 5 November 2020 along with the Premier and Minister Patterson. My last engagement of any other type was on 27 April, when Dr Pigneri and I were both on an energy panel. It was done by Zoom. I was in Parliament House. I am not sure where Dr Pigneri was, but I can assure the house that we did not discuss anything that wasn't recorded or pertinent to that panel. We had no side discussions whatsoever. I can also confirm that H2U have discussed the matter of land access with the government. As they have a project with current government support, they have ongoing reporting obligations around the progress of their project.