DESALINATION PLANT

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:26): A supplementary question arising from the answer: would the minister be able to provide to the chamber his workings and calculations behind his claim that it is $30 per person? Secondly, when he referred earlier to having made an offer to the commonwealth, does that mean that unless the commonwealth agrees in any given year to take the environmental water that it is not used for environmental purposes?

The PRESIDENT: Minister, I reckon there was a supplementary in there somewhere.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:26): Indeed, sir, and I will obey your ruling, as always, in these things. Yes, the calculations I think can be brought back. I will ask for those and bring them back to the chamber. In terms of the environmental water, that is something we need to negotiate with the commonwealth. As I say, we have made that water available. They have not yet indicated to us that they will be wanting it.