DESALINATION PLANT

The Hon. M. PARNELL (15:01): I have a supplementary question arising from the answer. What mechanism will the government use to prove that this plant will be powered by sustainable energy and that the same myths that the Western Australian government tried to pull on the Western Australian people will not be perpetuated?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business) (15:02): If a desalination plant uses 100 megawatts and you install 100 megawatts of wind power, do you really have to ensure that each electron goes directly into that plant from the generator? Does that make it more pure than if it comes from another source? I would have thought that, if that is the demand and you have the equivalent amount of power, most South Australians would think that was fair enough.