Environment Protection Authority

The Hon. M.C. PARNELL (15:00): Supplementary question: given, as the minister I think has acknowledged, that the potential source of pollution is on commonwealth controlled land, what power does the South Australian EPA have to direct on-site monitoring or testing?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (15:01): We have an advisory role; we do not have any particular power on commonwealth land. The same thing would apply to the Adelaide Airport, for example. But, nonetheless, we work very closely with organisations and usually our involvement is welcome, and I expect it has been in this case and will continue to be.