Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Water Pricing Water Pricing The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE Legislative Council Water Pricing The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (15:18): I have a supplementary question based on the minister's answer. Is it the intention of the government to charge the irrigators who are licensed the whole amount each year for your set charge per kilolitre or megalitre, irrespective of whether they use the whole amount or not each year? The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Water Pricing The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (15:18): The honourable member is I think talking about usage and they will be charged for their usage. There also is a fee that will be associated with an allocation. As I said, there are benefits in property owners having these two different components. Allocations are something that they have and they hold and they can trade dependent on their usage in a particular year. There will be different set fees for those. We do have a process in place, of course, of cost recovery and everybody here, I think, would think that that was an appropriate way for the department to issue licences.