Legislative Council: Thursday, August 04, 2016

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Save the River Murray Levy

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:28): I have actually—

The Hon. I.K. Hunter interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! There's one person on their feet.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Given that I have actually been through all of these documents in some detail, and even identified in this place before that the water and planning management costs were first identified in 2010-11, can he specifically—it is a very specific question—make the link from when the Save the River Murray Levy costs were linked with water planning and management costs, which he is refusing to do?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:29): The honourable member does not understand the question, I assume, and—

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: Well, I asked the question; I might understand what I asked.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: —she has no clue about this at all. These cost recoveries—

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: You're fibbing—

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: —have been highlighted—

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: —and you know you are fibbing. Your nose is getting longer.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: —in the budget papers of 2010-11.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I don't know how much clearer I can be—they have been in the papers in black and white since then. Communication with the community, ongoing, has always flagged that cost recovery, and we have delivered on it.