Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time National Water Initiative National Water Initiative The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE Legislative Council National Water Initiative The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (15:01): Supplementary to the minister's answer: does the minister in that answer acknowledge that, whether it is $2½ million or $6.84 million or whatever the figure, that money is going to be coming out of the pockets of water levy payees and property payees, not out of the NRM boards? It is going to come out of the pockets of constituents. The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change National Water Initiative The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (15:01): I can only imagine the honourable member wasn't listening to a single word of my answer, otherwise he would have comprehended completely that these costs are applied to water and land-based levies and they are to do the work the NRM board is contracted to do when it has its community consultations. These consultations are conducted very thoroughly in the regions, where the community itself says, 'These are our priorities that we want you to implement in the coming years.' The NRM board then goes away and works out what its budget needs will be to actually deliver on those priorities which the community has asked it to deliver. The Hon. R.L. Brokenshire interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Ms Lee, a supplementary.