Water Pricing

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (15:30): Is it not true that by deliberately inflating demand to 190 gigalitres, the government deliberately manipulated water prices prior to the election and has set them on a trajectory of being increased for the next 50 years, as has been stated by the former chief of ESCOSA?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (15:30): My understanding and recollection, without having notes in front of me, was that the government set a projected usage of 190 gigalitres and after 12 months the usage was, in fact, about 191 gigalitres—of that order. So, the government actually got the projection right.

The PRESIDENT: Supplementary.